Al-Shahaniya

Al Shahaniya
الشحانية (Arabic)
Map of Qatar with Al-Shahaniya highlighted
Map of Qatar with Al-Shahaniya highlighted
Coordinates (Al-Shahaniya City): 25°22′20″N 51°12′17″E / 25.37222°N 51.20472°E / 25.37222; 51.20472
Country Qatar
CapitalAl-Shahaniya City
Zones7
Government
 • MayorMohammed Saif Al Hajri
Area
 • Total3,309 km2 (1,278 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total187,571
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Al Shahaniya (Arabic: الشحانية, romanizedAsh Shīḩānīyah) is a municipality (3299 km2) in Qatar, with its municipal seat being a city of the same name (39 km2). Formerly in the municipality of Al Rayyan, but now an independent municipality,[2] the municipal seat was delimited in 1988 by Law No. 22.[3] In 2014, the cabinet ratified a draft amending provisions to the 1988 law that formalized Al Shahaniya as Qatar's eighth municipality.[4]

  1. ^ "2015 Population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Law No. 22 of 1988 On the Delimitation of the City of Ash-Shahaniyah". almeezan.qa. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Cabinet ratifies law on Al Shahaniya borders". Qatar Tribune. 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2015.