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administrative territorial entity of Qatar

Key facts

Country
Qatar
Capital
Madinat ash Shamal
Mayor
Hamad Jumaa Al Mannai
Total
859.8 km (332.0 sq mi)
Density
10.23/km (26.49/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+03 ( East Africa Time )
Iso 3166 code
QA-MS

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Wikidata facts

Country
Qatar
Located in
Qatar
Area
859.8
Shares border with
Al Khor
Image
Zubara Fort.jpg
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Commons category
Al Shamal
topic's main category
Category:Al Shamal
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Encyclopedic overview

Al Shamal (Arabic: ٱلشَّمَال, romanized: Ash Shamāl, lit. 'the north') is a municipality in Qatar. Its seat is Madinat ash Shamal and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar, although its population is barely over 7,000. The seat's name translates to "city of the north".

Ras Rakan, the Qatar Peninsula's northernmost point, is included in the municipality, and is surrounded by the Persian Gulf in all directions except for the south. It borders the municipality of Al Khor. The municipality is divided into three primary zones.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al Shamal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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