page_title: Al Daayen
section_title: Government offices
hierarchical_section_title: Al Daayen / Infrastructure / Government offices
caption_attribution_description: English: Large walled residences in Umm Garn (also spelled as Umm Qarn), municipality of Al Daayen, Qatar.
context_page_description: Al Daayen is a municipality in the state of 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.
context_section_description: Statistics published by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment indicate that there 24 government offices in the municipality in 2010.
  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 palm trees, neems and cedars 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.
caption: Large villas in Umm Qarn, the municipal seat.
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