Umm Birka

Umm Birka
أُمّ بِرْكَة
Umm Birka
Coordinates: QA 25°45′00″N 51°26′59″E / 25.75000°N 51.44972°E / 25.75000; 51.44972Coordinates: QA 25°45′00″N 51°26′59″E / 25.75000°N 51.44972°E / 25.75000; 51.44972
Country Qatar
Municipality Al Khor

Umm Birka (Arabic: أُمّ بِرْكَة‎) is settlement in the Al Khor municipality in Qatar.[1][2] It is one of five sites for the government-sponsored project to develop reservoirs in the country.[3] The reservoirs, once completed at the estimated date of 2017, are expected to be the largest in the world in their category.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "رئيس الوزراء: يطلق مشروع الخزانات الاستراتيجية الكبرى لتأمين المياه". Qatar Government. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Amery, Hussain A. (15 June 2015). Arab Water Security: Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States. Cambridge University Press. p. 121.


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