Al Shahaniya
الشحانية (Arabic) | |
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Coordinates (Al-Shahaniya City): 25°22′20″N 51°12′17″E / 25.37222°N 51.20472°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Al-Shahaniya City |
Zones | 7 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mohammed Saif Al Hajri |
Area | |
• Total | 3,309 km2 (1,278 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 187,571 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Al Shahaniya (Arabic: الشحانية, romanized: Ash Shīḩānīyah) is a municipality (3299 km2) in Qatar, with its municipal seat being a city of the same name (39 km2). Formerly in the municipality of Al Rayyan, but now an independent municipality,[2] the municipal seat was delimited in 1988 by Law No. 22.[3] In 2014, the cabinet ratified a draft amending provisions to the 1988 law that formalized Al Shahaniya as Qatar's eighth municipality.[4]