Zone 72 is a
zone
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in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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of
Al-Shahaniya
Al Shahaniya () is a municipality (3299 km2) in Qatar, with its municipal seat being a city of the Al-Shahaniya (city), same name (39 km2). Formerly in the municipalities of Qatar, municipality of Al Rayyan, but now an independent munic ...
in the state of
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
. The main district recorded in the 2015 population census was
Al Utouriya.
Other districts which fall within its administrative boundaries are
Lehsain,
Qaryat Al Refaiq,
Ras Abrouq
Ras Abrouq (; also known as Bir Zekreet) is the northernmost extension of the Zekreet Peninsula, a stretch of land to the north of Dukhan in Qatar. It has a beach of the same name ,
Umm Al Daah Khawzan,
Umm Al Qahab Al Jadeeda,
Umm Al Qahab Al Qadeema,
Umm Leghab West,
Wadi Laswaq, and
Zekreet
Zekreet () is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan and about north-west west of Doha. Originally a sparsely populated area, Zekreet was built up in the 1940s after oil operations commenced in Qatar. This included the construction of a h ...
.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the zone comprised 363 housing units and 123 establishments. There were 1,060 people living in the zone, of whom 72% were male and 28% were female. Out of the 1,060 inhabitants, 80% were 20 years of age or older, and 20% were under the age of 20.
Employed people made up 72% of the total population. Females accounted for 19% of the working population, while males accounted for 81% of the working population. Most of the working population is employed within the agricultural industry (356), and public administration and defense comes in second with 110 employed individuals.
Land use
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) breaks down land use in the zone as follows.
References
Zones of Qatar
Al-Shahaniya
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