ash-Shamal is a municipality

Municipalities of Qatar

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 in the state of Qatar

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. 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. Ash Shamal will be home to the proposed 45,330-seat Al-Shamal Stadium

Al-Shamal Stadium

Al-Shamal Stadium is a proposed football stadium which will be built in Ash-Shamal, Qatar in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It will be one of the biggest stadium in Qatar, due be opened in Summer of 2017.-Plans:...

, one of 12 venues used in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

2022 FIFA World Cup

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Madinat ash Shamal includes Ras Rakan, the northernmost point of the Qatari peninsula

Peninsula

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, and as such is surrounded by the Persian Gulf

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 in all directions except for the south. It borders the following municipalities:

• Al Khor Municipality
  Al Khor Municipality
  Al 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...
  
   - southeast
• Al Ghuwariyah
  Al Ghuwariyah
  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:* Madinat ash Shamal - north* Al Khor Municipality - east* Al Jumaliyah - south...
  
   - south

The municipality is divided into three zones.

The only villages are (with population figures, as of census 2004-03-01)http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-180&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=dnpan:

• Madīnat ash-Shamāl (Ar-Ruways), 3,267
• Fuwayriṭ
  Fuwayrit
  Fuwayrit is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal....
  
   (Al-Jassasiyah), 1,306
• az-Zubārah
  Zubarah
  Zubarah is a ruined and deserted town located in the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula about 105 km from the Qatari capital of Doha, part of Madinat ash Shamal municipality...
  
  , 826
• Mirinda
  Mirinda
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  , 257

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.

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.

Demographics

The following table shows the population of ash-Shamal.
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. 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