Umm Salal (Municipality)
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Basic data | |
Country | Qatar |
surface | 318 km² |
Residents | 90,835 (2015) |
density | 286 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1972 |
ISO 3166-2 | QA-US |
Coordinates: 25 ° 28 ' N , 51 ° 24' E
Umm Salal ( Arabic أم صلال, DMG Umm Ṣalāl ) is one of eight municipalities in Qatar . The main settlement is the city of the same name Umm Salal . The community had a total of 90,835 inhabitants at the 2015 census.
Umm Salal is bordered by Doha to the southeast, ar-Rayyan to the south, al-Shahaniyah to the west, al-Chaur to the north and ad-Daʿayan to the east . It has no coast. The parish occupies approximately 2.7% of the territory of Qatar and is relatively small. The landscape consists of many open spaces and rock formations.
history
Umm Salal was established as a church in 1972 along with the four other original churches of Qatar. The municipal administration was inaugurated on November 29, 1974.
Demographics
March 1986 | March 1997 | March 2004 | April 2010 | April 2015 |
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9,448 | 15,935 | 25,413 | 60,509 | 90,835 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipalities of Qatar. Gwillim Law, accessed September 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Qatar: Municipalities, Cities & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .