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Before 2004, Qatar was divided into 10 municipalities (baladiyah):

1. Doha (Ad Dawhah) الدوحة
2. Al Ghuwariyah الغويرية
3. Al Jumaliyah الجميلية
4. Al Khawr الخور
5. Al Wakrah الوكرة
6. Ar Rayyan الريان
7. Jariyan al Batnah جريان الباطنة
8. Madinat ash Shamal الشمال
9. Umm Salal أم صلال
10. Mesaieed مسيعيد

Since 2004, Qatar has been divided into eight municipalities.^[1] A new municipality, Al Daayen, was created under Resolution No. 13,^[2] formed from parts of Umm Salal and Al Khawr; at the same time, Al Ghuwariyah was merged with Al Khawr; Al Jumaliyah was merged with Ar Rayyan; and Jarayan al Batnah was split between Ar Rayyan and Al Wakrah.

For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into zones (87 in number as of 2004), which are in turn subdivided into blocks [2].

History

According to Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning ^[3], in year 1963, the first municipality was the Municipality of Qatar, created under Law No. 11. Later in the same year, its name was changed to Municipality of Doha by Law No. 15. Then, in 17th of July 1972,Ar Rayyan, Al Wakrah, Al Khawr and Dhekra, Ash Shamal, and Umm Salal municipalities created under Resolution No.11. In 1997, Umm Sa'id municipality formed from parts of Al Wakrah (former HASC code QA.WA, FIPS code QA05) and Jariyan al Batnah (QA.JB, QA07). At that time, the municipalities were as shown in this table:

Municipality	HASC	HISO	HFIPS	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Ad Dawhah	QA.DA	DA	QA01	339,847	132	51	Doha
Al Ghuwariyah	QA.GH	GH	QA02	2,159	622	240	Al Ghuwayriyah
Al Jumaliyah	QA.JU	JU	QA03	10,303	2,565	990	Al Jumayliyah
Al Khawr	QA.KH	KH	QA04	31,547	996	385	Al Khawr
Al Wakrah	QA.AW	WA	QA10	31,441	1,114	430	Al Wakrah
Ar Rayyan	QA.RA	RA	QA06	272,860	889	343	Ar Rayyan
Jariyan al Batnah	QA.JR	JB	QA11	6,678	3,715	1,434	Umm Bab
Madinat ach Shamal	QA.MS	MS	QA08	4,915	901	348	Dukhan
Umm Sa'id	QA.UD		QA12	12,674			Umm Sa'id
Umm Salal	QA.US	US	QA09	31,605	493	190	Umm Silal'ait
Total: 10 municipalities				744,029	11,427	4,412

Please note that the population is from 2004 census.

In 2004, Al Daayen municipality created under Resolution No. 13. Judging from maps of the municipalities before and after this change, Al Daayen was formed from parts of Umm Salal and Al Khawr; at the same time, Al Ghuwariyah merged with Al Khawr; Al Jumaliyah merged with Ar Rayyan; and Jarayan al Batnah was split between Ar Rayyan and Al Wakrah.

Populations (2010 Census, provisional)

• Al Dayyan [Al Daayen] 43,938
• Al Khor 198,271
• Al Rayyan 444,557
• Al Shamal 10,408
• Al Wakra 136,600
• Doha 806,577
• Umm Salal 56,212
• Total 1,696,563

Areas

The below tables shows the total area of each municipality.

Municipality	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Ad Dawhah	234	90
Al Daayen	236	91
Al Khawr	1,551	599
Al Wakrah	2,520	973
Ar Rayyan	5,818	2,246
Madinat ach Shamal	902	348
Umm Salal	310	120
Total: 7 municipalities	11,571	4,467

See also

• ISO 3166-2:QA
• Qatar National Day

References

1. ^ Municipalities of Qatar, Statoids.com
2. ^ AlDaayen Municipality
3. ^ [1]