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Ash Shamal
الشمال— Municipality — Zubara Fort Map of Qatar with Ash Shamal highlighted Coordinates (Ar Ru'ays (Madinat ash Shamal)): 26°08′N 51°13′E / 26.14°N 51.22°ECoordinates: 26°08′N 51°13′E / 26.14°N 51.22°E Country Qatar
Capital Ar Ru'ays (Madinat ash Shamal) Area – Total 902 km2 (348.3 sq mi) Population (2004) – Total 5,400 – Density 6/km2 (15.5/sq mi) Time zone East Africa Time (UTC+03) ISO 3166 code QA-MS ash-Shamal (Arabic: الشمال) is a municipality in the state of Qatar. Its capital is called Madinat ash-Shamal and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar[1]. The name means "City of the north" - although the population is barely over 3,000. Ash Shamal will be home to the proposed 45,330-seat Al-Shamal Stadium, one of 12 venues used in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Madinat ash Shamal includes Ras Rakan, the northernmost point of the Qatari peninsula, and as such is surrounded by the Persian Gulf in all directions except for the south. It borders the following municipalities:
- Al Khor Municipality - southeast
- Al Ghuwariyah - south
The municipality is divided into three zones.
The only villages are (with population figures, as of census 2004-03-01)[6]:
- Madīnat ash-Shamāl (Ar-Ruways), 3,267
- Fuwayriṭ (Al-Jassasiyah), 1,306
- az-Zubārah, 826
- Mirinda, 257
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Overview
ash-Shamal Municipality was created by virtue of law No.19/1972 issued on 5/6/1319 AH - 17/7/1972, stating the creation of new municipalities: Al-Rayan, Al-Khor and Al-Dekhra, Al-Wakrah, Umm Salal, and Al-Shamal.
The Municipality supervises its administrative limits, which are:
- Al-Shamal city
- Al-Roweis
- Abu Daluf
- Al-Kaaban city
- Ain Sanan
- Al-Gamashiya
- Fuwayret
- Al-Judhe'
- Al-Naaman
- Al-Mafjar
- Al-Garia
- Al-Mourouna
- Al-Jasasiya
- Umm Jasem
- Freiha
- Al-Khuwair
- Al-Arish
- Ein Mohamad
- Kaser al-Zoubara
The organizational structure of the Municipality
ash-Shamal Municipality comprises four principal departments headed and managed by Mr. Jabr Ben Ali al-Naee'mee, director of ash-Shamal Municipality.
The director's office, heading the director's assistants and the heads of the following departments:
- Administrative and Financial Affairs Department
- Health Affairs Department
- Public Affairs Department
- Technical Affairs Department
History
The town of Madinat ash-Shamal was founded in 200AD when settlers from the Mediterranean island of Crete arrived in the area.[citation needed]
Future Developments
Currently Public Works Authority in Qatar (Ashgal) is Al Ruwais Port that is located in ash-Shamal. The port will include construction of basin, deepening the channel at 2900 meter length, passenger jetty, commercial crew jetty, protection wall, Infrastructure, storage areas, government offices, workshops, passenger terminal building etc. [2]
Demographics
The following table shows the population of ash-Shamal.[3] There is also a large immigrant population including Indian, Iranian, Welsh and Danish.
ash-Shamal Population March 2004 March 1997 March 1986 4915 4059 4380 The following table shows the registered live births by nationality and sex for this municipality. [4][5]Place of births is based on home municipality of mother at birth.
Registered live births by nationality and sex Year Qatari Male Qatari Female Totoal Qatari Non Qatari Male Non Qatari Female Total Non Qatar Total Male Total Female Grand Total 2001 19 32 51 9 12 21 28 44 72 2002 27 30 57 11 16 27 38 46 84 2003 29 37 66 17 18 35 46 55 101 2004 7 8 15 3 4 7 10 12 22 2005 36 47 83 14 12 26 50 59 109 2006 46 33 79 19 15 34 65 48 113 2007 36 42 78 18 19 37 54 61 115 2008 29 26 55 23 29 52 52 55 107 2009 26 31 57 9 15 24 35 46 81 References
Municipalities of Qatar Ad Dawhah · Al Ghuwariyah · Al Jumaliyah · Al Khor · Al Wakrah
Al Rayyan · Jariyan al Batnah · Madinat ash Shamal · Umm Salal · MesaieedCategories:- Municipalities of Qatar
- Populated coastal places in Qatar
- Qatar geography stubs
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