Al Ghuwariyah
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Al Ghuwariyah is a municipality
in the state Qatar
.
Al Ghuwariyah's western edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf
. On land, it borders the following municipalities:
It has been mostly populated by the Al-Naimi tribe of Qatar since the early 1920s.
The following table shows the registered live births by nationality and sex for this municipality. Place of births is based on home municipality of mother at birth.
Municipalities of Qatar
||Before 2004, Qatar was divided into 10 municipalities :#Doha الدوحة#Al Ghuwariyah الغويرية#Al Jumaliyah الجميلية#Al Khawr الخور#Al Wakrah الوكرة#Ar Rayyan الريان#Jariyan al Batnah جريان الباطنة#Madinat ash Shamal الشمال...
in the state Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
.
Al Ghuwariyah's western edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
. On land, it borders the following municipalities:
- Madinat ash ShamalMadinat ash Shamalash-Shamal 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. The name means "City of the north" - although the population is barely over 3,000...
- north - Al Khor MunicipalityAl Khor MunicipalityAl Khor , also spelled Al Khawr, is a municipality in the state Qatar. In Arabic, Al Khawr means bay. Al-Khawr city is located in the northeast coast of Qatar, around 50 kilometres from the capital, Doha and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar. .Al Khawr was ruled by the...
- east - Al JumaliyahAl JumaliyahAl Jumaliyah is a municipality in the state Qatar.Al Jumaliyah's western edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf. On land, it borders the following municipalities:*Al Ghuwariyah - north*Al Khawr - northeast*Umm Salal - east*Ar Rayyan - southeast...
- south
It has been mostly populated by the Al-Naimi tribe of Qatar since the early 1920s.
Demographics
The following table shows the population of Al Ghuwariyah.| March 2004 | March 1997 | March 1986 |
|---|---|---|
| 2159 | 1716 | 1629 |
The following table shows the registered live births by nationality and sex for this municipality. Place of births is based on home municipality of mother at birth.
| Year | Qatari Male | Qatari Female | Totoal Qatari | Non Qatari Male | Non Qatari Female | Total Non Qatar | Total Male | Total Female | Grand Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 45 | 87 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 21 |