page_title: Al Wakrah (municipality)
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Al Wakrah (municipality) / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Al wakra Beach
context_page_description: Al Wakrah Municipality is a municipality of Qatar located bordered by the municipalities of Doha and Al Rayyan. The municipal seat is Al Wakrah city.
context_section_description: Mesaieed Industrial Area, an industry hub, is located in Al Wakrah Municipality. Umm Al Houl, another industrial city located in the municipality which is near to Mesaieed, hosts Qatar's main seaport Hamad Port, and is the site of construction for what will eventually be Qatar's largest electricity and desalination plant. A third industrial area containing some of Qatar's most important power stations and desalination plants is Ras Abu Fontas.
  A 6.3 km² "regional logistics hub" was launched in the southern portion of the municipality in 2016. The development of this hub will take place in Birkat Al Awamer and Aba Saleel, which are in close proximity to Hamad Port and Mesaieed Industrial Area. Among the facilities in this hub will be car workshops, labor camps, and commercial offices. Construction of the hub will be managed by Qatari company Manateq. The Doha Marketing and Services Company established a car stockyard in Birkat Al Awamer with a capacity of 1,700 cars in September 2016.
  Maritime industries such as fishing and pearling comprised the economic foundation of Al Wakrah's coastal settlement in the past. Further inland, nomadic pastoralism dominated. At present, agriculture plays only a minor role in Al Wakrah's economy. Farmland in Al Wakrah only accounted for 4.6% of Qatar's total farmland in 2015. There were 71 farms spread out over 2,188 hectares, with the majority (38) being used to grow crops, 3 being used to raise livestock and the remaining 30 being split between livestock and crops. The municipality had a livestock inventory of 14,946, of which 8,375 were sheep and 6,093 were goats.
  In terms of artisanal fishing vessels, Al Wakrah city had the second-highest amount out of the major cities surveyed in 2015 at 179 vessels. However, its fleet has been significantly reduced from earlier years, for earlier in 2010 it had accommodated the most fishing vessels out of all cities surveyed with 237 vessels. The number of sailors was 1,186 in 2015, but this figure too had been decreasing over the years.
caption: A harbor in Al Wakrah.
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