Zone 56, Qatar

Zone 56
Zone
Map
Coordinates: 25°12′47″N 51°29′24″E / 25.212938°N 51.489964°E / 25.212938; 51.489964[1]
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAl Rayyan
Blocks280
Area
 • Total
82.4 km2 (31.8 sq mi)
Population
[2]
 • Total
283,675 (2,015)
Time zoneUTC+03 (Arabia Standard Time)
ISO 3166 codeQA-RA

Zone 56 is a zone of the municipality of Al Rayyan in the state of Qatar. The main districts recorded in the 2015 population census were Fereej Al Asiri, New Fereej Al Khulaifat, Bu Samra, Al Mamoura, Abu Hamour, Mesaimeer, and Ain Khaled.[2]

Other districts which fall within its administrative boundaries are Labour City and Umm Al Seneem.[1]

Demographics

Year Population
1986[3] 4,063
1997[4] 15,563
2004[5] 29,383
2010[6] 73,270
2015[2] 128,928

Land use

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) breaks down land use in the zone as follows.[7]

Area (km2) Developed land (km2) Undeveloped land (km2) Residential (km2) Commercial/
Industrial (km2)		 Education/
Health (km2)		 Farming/
Green areas (km2)		 Other uses (km2)
61.14 38.00 23.14 10.94 1.90 1.33 0.16 23.67

References

  1. ^ a b "Geoportal". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "2015 Population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. April 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "1986 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ "1997 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ^ "2004 population census". Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Physiography - Land use 2015". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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