Al-Shahaniya

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, the municipal seat was delimited in 1988 by Law No. 22. In 2014, the cabinet ratified a draft amending provisions to the 1988 law that formalized Al Shahaniya as Qatar's eighth municipality.

Al Shahaniya
الشحانية (Arabic)
Municipality
Map of Qatar with Al-Shahaniya highlighted
Coordinates (Al-Shahaniya City): 25°22′20″N 51°12′17″E
Country Qatar
CapitalAl-Shahaniya City
Zones7
Government
  MayorMohammed Saif Al Hajri
Area
  Total3,309 km2 (1,278 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total187,571
  Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
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