Umm Birka

Umm Birka أُمّ بِرْكَة
Umm Birka
Coordinates: 25°45′00″N 51°26′59″E
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Al Khor
Zone	Zone 75
District no.	310
Area [1]
• Total	58.5 km^2 (22.6 sq mi)

Umm Birka (Arabic: أُمّ بِرْكَة; also spelled Umm Baraka) is a settlement in the Al Khor municipality of Qatar.[2][3]

Etymology

Umm Birka derives its name from the Arabic word "barikat," which means "blessing." It was named thus in reference to a nearby well.[4]

Geography

Umm Birka is situated in northeast Qatar. The village of Umm Al Qahab is nearby.[5]

Water reservoir

The settlement is one of five sites for the government-sponsored project to develop reservoirs in the country.[6] Once completed, the reservoirs are expected to be the largest in the world in their category,[7] with a total length of 650 km and constructed at a cost of QR 14.5 billion. In June 2018, the first phase of the project was completed.[8]

References

1. "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
2. "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
3. "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
4. "GIS Portal". Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
5. "Qatar Socio-Economic Atlas". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
6. "رئيس الوزراء: يطلق مشروع الخزانات الاستراتيجية الكبرى لتأمين المياه". Qatar Government. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
7. Amery, Hussain A. (15 June 2015). Arab Water Security: Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9781316381069.
8. Sanaullah Ataullah (29 June 2018). "PM opens first phase of QR14.5bn reservoirs project". The Peninsula. Retrieved 29 June 2018.