Zone 83 is a
zone
Zone or The Zone may refer to:
Places Climate and altitude zones
* Death zone (originally the lethal zone), altitudes above a certain point where the amount of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span
* Frigid zone, ...
of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
in the state of
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
. The main district recorded in the 2015 population census was
Al Karaana
Al Karaana ( ar, الكرعانة, Al Kir‘ānah) is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It used to be part of the Jariyan Al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan. It is situated ...
.
Other districts which fall within its administrative boundaries are
Al Rekayya
Al Rekayya ( ar, الركية, Ar Rukayyah; also spelled Irkhaya) is an agricultural district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It is close to the border with Al Wakrah Municipality.
Hassad Food owns a 162-hectare farm in Al Re ...
,
Baida Al Gaa,
Jariyan Al Batnah,
Jaww Basheer, and
Umm Al Suwab Umm () means ''mother'' in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine given name and generic prefix for Semitic place names. It may refer to:
Places Bahrain
*Ain Umm Sujoor, an archaeological site
*Umm an Nasan, an island
*Umm as Sabaan, an islet
Egy ...
.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the zone comprised 177 housing units and 95 establishments. There were 1,567 people living in the zone, of which 87% were male and 13% were female. Out of the 1,567 inhabitants, 87% were 20 years of age or older and 13% were under the age of 20. The
literacy rate
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...
was 93.7%.
Employed persons made up 84% of the total population. Females accounted for 6% of the working population, while males accounted for 94% of the working population.
Land use
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) breaks down land use in the zone as follows.
References
Zones of Qatar
Al Rayyan
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