Abu Hamour

Abu Hamour
Settlement
Abu Hamour
Coordinates: 25°14′16″N 51°29′57″E / 25.23778°N 51.49917°E / 25.23778; 51.49917Coordinates: 25°14′16″N 51°29′57″E / 25.23778°N 51.49917°E / 25.23778; 51.49917
Country Qatar
Municipality Al Rayyan
Plant market in Abu Hamour
Roundabout in Abu Hamour
Men watch a camel being lifted by crane in the Abu Hamour Wholesale Market.

Abu Hamour is a settlement in the municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar.[1]

Administration

When free elections of the Central Municipal Council first took place in Qatar during 1999,[2] Abu Hamour was designated the constituency seat of constituency no. 12.[3] It would remain constituency seat in the next three consecutive elections until the fifth municipal elections in 2015, when it was split between constituencies no. 10 and no. 11.[4] In the inaugural municipal elections in 1999, Hamad Mubarak Al Marri won the elections, receiving 36.4%, or 207, of the votes. Runner-up that year was Hafeez Salem Al Nabat Al Marri, whose share of the votes was 111, or 19.5%. Voter turnout was 75.7%.[3] Khalid Mohammed Al-Ma'adid was elected in the 2002 elections.[5] For the third municipal elections in 2007, Hamad Rashid Al Nabat was elected constituency representative.[6] In 2011, Saleh Jaber Al Marri won the elections.[7]

Industry

As a result of its central location, Abu Hamour is an increasingly popular choice for retailers. A number of retail outlets from elsewhere in the country have relocated to the neighborhood.[8] Historically, Abu Hamour hosted the largest wholesale market in the country, but in April 2017 the wholesale market was transferred to Umm Salal Ali.[9]

Abu Hamour is the site of a refined petroleum products distribution depot which formerly belonged to the National Oil Distribution Company (NODCO), a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum, until 2002 when newly-established Qatar Fuel assumed responsibility for the depot's management.[10]

Education

The follows schools are located in Abu Hamour:

Name of SchoolCurriculumGradeGendersOfficial WebsiteRef
Al Arqam AcademyInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[11]
Al-Muntazah English SchoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[12]
Al Redwan KindergartenIndependentKindergartenBothN/A[13]
Bangladesh M.H.M High School and CollegeInternationalKindergarten – PrimaryBothN/A[14]
Birla Public School - Abu Hamour branchInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothOfficial website[15]
Doha Modern Indian SchoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[16]
Ideal Indian SchoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[17]
Iranian Junior High School For BoysInternationalPrimary – SecondaryMale-onlyN/A[18]
Iranian Elementary School For BoysInternationalPrimaryMale-onlyN/A[19]
M.E.S Indian schoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothOfficial website[20]
Shantiniketan Indian Private SchoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[21]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Central Municipal Council". Government Communications Office of Qatar. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "إنتخابات الدورة الأولى" (in Arabic). Central Municipal Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "مقـار الدوائـر" (in Arabic). Ministry of Interior (Qatar). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "الدورة الثانية" (in Arabic). Central Municipal Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "إنتخابات الدورة الثالثة" (in Arabic). Central Municipal Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "رابعاً: إنتخابات الدورة الرابعة كشف بأسماء السادة المرشحين الفائزين في عضوية انتخابات المجلس البلدي المركزي (الدورة الرابعة - 2011م)" (in Arabic). Central Municipal Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Ramesh Mathew (29 September 2015). "Abu Hamour, neighbourhood favoured by retailers". Gulf Times. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Sanaullah Ataullah (26 April 2017). "Wholesale shops in Abu Hamour to shut". The Peninsula. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Qatar Fuel WOQOD: Fuelling the supply lines". IndustryME. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Al Arqam Academy". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Al-Muntazah English School". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Al Redwan Kindergarten". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Bangladesh Mashhoor Ul Haq". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Birla Public School - Abu Hamour". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Doha Modern Indian School". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ideal Indian School". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Iranian Junior High School For Boys". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Iranian Elementary School For Boys". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Home page". MES Indian School. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Shantiniketan Indian Private School". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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