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Al Daayen ( ;; also spelled as الظعاين ;) is a municipality in Qatar. Most of the urban landscape can be found in the southern zone of the municipality, particularly in the city of Lusail, while the northern and central sections are primarily rural. It is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Qatar due to its close proximity to the capital Doha.
Umm Qarn hosts the municipal office and serves as the municipality's administrative seat.
Initial development centered on the southern sector of Al Daayen, which is a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area. Early construction was scattered, often leaving developed and undeveloped sections adjacent to each other.
According to the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), the municipality accommodates 19 rawdas, which were historically popular spots for settlements as they were typically rich in vegetation due to water and sediment run-off. No less than eight of Al Daayen's villages were established near or on rawdas, including Al Rehayya, Al Sakhama and Al Masrouhiya. Upwards of 15 were recorded, a notable one being Wadi Al Banat. Other geographic features listed include four jeris (Stream) one plain, four hills, two , and two capes. Two natural islands are found off its shores, Al Jazira (literally meaning 'The Island') and Al Aaliya Island.
In the central portion, where most of the municipality's coastline is found, an open desert landscape is predominant. Large swathes of the central-east are dedicated to the Al Wusail Environmental Protected Area.
Northern Al Daayen is typified by agriculture, being dotted by several farms and a few small settlements. Among the most important rural settlements are Tenbek, Jarian, Umm Swaya and Umm Qarn. Umm Qarn is being developed to serve as the nerve center for the northern section, mainly because it is the most developed northern village, already accommodating the municipal office, a primary health center and two primary schools.
Metropolitan Doha infringes into the highly urbanized southern section of Al Daayen. This area serves as the residential and economic hub of the municipality, with the planned city of Lusail being the focal point, having a prospective population capacity of 200,000. Rawdat Al Hamama, Al Ebb and Leabaib are also being developed as major mixed use centers for the southern area.
As of 2024, Rashid Alhajri is the mayor of Al Daayen Municipality.
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The construction of a public services complex at Al Daayen was initiated in 2007 with a planned completion date of 2009. This complex includes the main municipal office and all of the municipal's government offices. Centered in Umm Qarn on an area of 19,500 square meters, this complex also has a health center, a police station, a fire station and a mosque. Designed with traditional elements in order to reflect Qatari architecture, many local tree species such as Arecaceae, neems and cedrus have been planted throughout the complex, resulting in the complex winning the architecture prize for municipal projects at the 2010 conference of the Organization of Islamic Capitals & Cities.
As part of Lusail's master plan, the city is ultimately set to contain 36 schools with a capacity for 26,000 students. Upwards of 75,000 square meters has already been reserved for school buildings by the Lusail City Real Estate Development Company; these schools are expected to be commissioned by 2019.
The municipality has been announced as a possible site for the nation's second 'medical city' after Hamad Medical City.
The MEEZA Data Center is an IT center south of Umm Qarn. Inaugurated in 2014, it spans an area of 10,000 square meters, making it MEEZA's largest data center.
Energy City in Lusail, designed to be a focal point for oil and gas companies, is currently being developed in Al Daayen. First unveiled in March 2006, the $2.6 billion city will host as many as 92 company offices as well as corporate housing. In July 2013, CEO of Energy City Hesham Al Emadi revealed that, as a result of many requests for office space by non energy-related companies, the city will be converted to a mixed-use facility.
Numerous non-energy related companies are also headquartered in Lusail. Hotel operator and developer Katara Hospitality is based in the city, as is Qatari Diar and its subsidiaries, such as Lusail Real Estate Development Company and utilities company Marafeq Qatar. Qatari Diar was responsible for launching the Lusail City Development Project in 2005. In 2002, Lusail and its suburbs of Al Kharayej and Jabal Thuaileb became the first three areas of Qatar where foreigners could own real estate.
The Lusail Industrial Area hosts many construction companies. In the Lusail Ready-Mix Batching Plant Zone, two ready-mix batching plants are maintained by Qatar Alpha Beton Ready Mix, one ready-mix batching plant is maintained by SMEET, REDCO owns a Precast concrete plant, Qatar Concrete has 1 ready-mix batching plant, and HBK ReMIX operates a ready-mix factory.
Agriculture plays a relatively insignificant role in local economy compared to Qatar's other municipalities. Al Daayen's farms accounted for roughly 5% of Qatar's total farms in 2010. Municipal statistics indicate that there were 52 farms at the time of the 2010 census, whereas the Ministry of Municipality & Planning recorded 47 farms. The majority of farms are centered near Umm Qarn, along with small amounts of farmland being scattered around Rawdat Al Hamama, Wadi Al Wasaah and Jeryan Jenaihat.
Lusail intends for to become the main form of public transportation in the city as it is planned to have 30 km of developed coastline.
Private transportation will remain the preferred method of transport for the municipality's pastoral settlements in the north due to the lack of planned rail infrastructure in this region.
A large-scale museum is planned to be constructed in Lusail's Entertainment Island district.
Historic sites of interest can be found in the traditional villages of Umm Qarn, Tenbek and Al Rehayya and in a few deserted fishing villages located to the north of Lusail.
In 2010, males accounted for 79.5% of the population of 43,175 while females made up 20.5% of the population. The overall literacy rate was 94.39%. Age-wise, 11.2% of the population was under 15 and the remaining 88.8% was above the age of 15.
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