Al Rayyan

This article is about the municipality in Qatar. For the name, see Rayan. For the Lebanese football club, see Al Rayyan Beirut.

Al-Rayyan الريان
Municipality
Map of Qatar with Al-Rayyan highlighted
Country	Qatar
Capital	Al-Rayyan
Area
• Total	893 km2 (345 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	444,557
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
ISO 3166 code	QA-RA
Website	Al Rayyan

Al-Rayyan (Template:Lang-ar) is the largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Al Rayyan means 'the source of irrigation' and as per Islam it also means 'a door in heaven' or 'one of the Gates of Paradise' .

Al-Rayyan is the only landlocked municipality of Qatar. It borders the following municipalities:

• Umm Salal - northeast
• Doha - east
• Al Wakrah - southeast
• Jariyan al Batnah - southwest
• Al Jumaliyah - northwest

History

Al Rayyan Municipality has been created as an independent municipal administration, under the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning by virtue of law No.19/1972 issued in 1979 AD, stating, in his first article, the creation of municipalities in Qatar under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. In its second article, the law stated that each of these municipalities shall have a council headed by one person and comprising at least four members nominated by decree.

Al Rayyan in Qatar in 2004

Among the most important regions and districts of Al Rayyan Municipality: Al-Wajba, al-Shakab, al-Rayyan, Maeedher, al-Ghorafa, Ein Khaled, Marrikh, al-Shahaniya, al-Khurayb, al-Nasraniya, al-Outouriya, al-Jamilya, aldoha

Since 2004, Al Jumaliyah municipalitiy was merged with Ar Rayyan municipalitiy ; municipalitiy Jarayan al Batnah was split between municipalitiy Ar Rayyan and municipalitiy Al Wakrah. .

Demographics

The following table shows the population of Ar Rayyan.

Ar Rayyan population

March 2004	March 1997	March 1986
272,860	169,774	91,996

The following table shows the registered live births by nationality and sex for this municipality. Place of births is based on home municipality of mother at birth.

Registered live births by nationality and sex

Year	Qatari Male	Qatari Female	Totoal Qatari	Non Qatari Male	Non Qatari Female	Total Non Qatar	Total Male	Total Female	Grand Total
2001	1409	1377	2786	926	931	1857	2335	2308	4643
2002	1472	1357	2829	942	932	1874	2414	2289	4703
2003	1468	1421	2889	945	876	1821	2413	2297	4710
2004	1681	1567	3248	1063	1006	2069	2744	2573	5317
2005	1662	1616	3278	1233	1135	2368	2895	2751	5646
2006	1738	1654	3392	1290	1216	2506	3028	2870	5898
2007	1865	1838	3703	1457	1357	2814	3322	3195	6517
2008	1975	1990	3965	1735	1635	3370	3710	3625	7335
2009	1774	1629	3403	1948	1777	3725	3722	3406	7128

Landmarks and Historic sites

1. There are several types of ancient castles.
2. Tower Park and Aspire.
3. number of universities, colleges and institutes of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Qatar Foundation).
4. The number of sports clubs (club Al Rayyan - Dam - Gharafa - Muaither - Tack - Sailiya)
5. Zoo + many public gardens and parks.
6. Racing and Equestrian Club.
7. Circuit racing.

Climate

As in all the cities in Qatar, Al Rayyan have a nice average temperature in the months January, February, March, November and December. However, the Hot season or summer is in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Al Rayyan has dry periods in January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August. On average, the warmest month is July and the coolest month is January. The below table shows the Records and Averages of Al Rayyan temperature.

Records and Averages of Al Rayyan

Month	Avg. High	MAvg. Low	Avg. Precip
Jan	22°C	13°C	13.4 mm
Feb	23°C	13°C	17.8 mm
Mar	27°C	17°C	15.2 mm
Apr	32°C	21°C	7.6 mm
May	38°C	25°C	2.5 mm
Jun	41°C	27°C	0.0 mm
Jul	41°C	29°C	0.0 mm
Aug	41°C	29°C	0.0 mm
Sep	38°C	26°C	0.0 mm
Oct	35°C	23°C	0.0 mm
Nov	29°C	19°C	2.5 mm
Dec	24°C	15°C	12.7 mm

Sports

Al Rayyan boasts of the Al-Rayyan Sports Club which fields teams in a number of sports such as football (soccer), basket ball, volley ball, hand ball, and table tennis. The club, which was founded in 1967, is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. The club has won numerous titles in all sports. The stadium is a a multi-purpose stadium and has a capacity of 21,282 people and has plans of expanding to 44,740 for 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Horses Stables and Farms

There are a number of houses stables and Farms in al Rayyan.

Al-Shaqab Stable

Al-Shaqab Stable It is located in Al-Rayyan 10kms away from Doha. It dates back to the 20th C. It was owned by Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jassim. The stable contains a number of rooms including stables, stores and a manger for horses. This stable was restored by Qatar Museums Authority.

Al Rayyan Horses Farm

Al Rayyan farm, which is located in AL Rayyan and owned by Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Khaled bin Hamad Al Thani, was started in 1987 with just one horse. Now it is considered to be one of the world's finest straight Egyptian horse breeding programs. The farm also includes the first Embryo Transfer Clinic in Qatar.