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Al Rayyan Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Qatar
- Capital
- Al Rayyan City
- Total
- 2,450 km (950 sq mi)
- Density
- 247/km (640/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 (AST)
- Iso 3166 code
- QA-RA
- Website
- Al Rayyan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Qatar
- Country
- Qatar
- Located in
- Qatar
- Capital
- Ar Rayyan
- Population
- 605712
- Area
- 23281
- Elevation
- 55
- Shares border with
- Eastern Province
- Official website
- www.mme.gov.qa/cui/index.dox?id=607&siteID=2
- Image
- Aerial view of Aspetar Hospital in Baaya.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- contains settlement
- Umm Bab
- topic's main category
- Category:Al Rayyan
- Commons category
- Al Rayyan
- inception
- 1972-00-00
- different from
- Ar Rayyan
- native label
- الريان
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Encyclopedic overview
Al Rayyan (Arabic: الريان; also spelled Ar Rayyan) is the third-largest municipality in Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area. The vast expanse of mostly undeveloped lands in the south-west also falls under the municipality's administration.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al Rayyan Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.