Qatar Genealogy

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Qatar

Guide to Qatar ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Qatar is located in the Middle East and is bordered by Saudi Arabia. After periods of control by the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain, Qatar gained independence in 1971. The official language is Arabic.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Qatar.

Municipalities

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Qatar.

Qatar is divided into 10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah).

(4)Al Daayen (6)Ad Dawhah/Doha (2)Al Khawr (5)Al Rayyan (1)Al Shamal

(8)Al-Shahaniya (7)Al Wakrah Ar Rayyan Madinat ash Shamal Umm Sa'id (3)Umm Salal

Former Municipalities

The following are former municipalities of Qatar:

• Al Jumayliyah until 2004
• Al Ghuwayriyah until 2004
• Jarayan al Batinah until 2004
• Mesaieed until 2006