Zone 96 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 ...
. The main district recorded in the 2015 population census was
Abu Samra.
Other districts which fall within its administrative boundaries are
Al Aamriya,
Eglat Faisal
Eglat Faisal ( ar, عقلة فيصل) is a district in south-west Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.
Nearby settlements include Abu Samra to the south and Umm Al Jaratheem to the north-east.
Etymology
"Eglat" originates from the Ar ...
,
Lusail West, and
Umm Hawta.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the zone comprised 484 housing units and 61 establishments. There were 1065 people living in the zone, of which 78% were male and 22% were female. Out of the 1,065 inhabitants, 90% were 20 years of age or older and 10% 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 ...
stood at 93.4%.
Employed persons made up 76% of the total population. Females accounted for 10% of the working population, while males accounted for 90% 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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