page_title: Al Bidda
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Al Bidda / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: The palace viewed from the Corniche.
context_page_description: Al Bidda is a neighborhood of Doha, Qatar. It was previously the largest town in Qatar in the 19th century, before Doha, an offshoot of Al Bidda, grew in prominence. Al Bidda was incorporated as a district in the Doha municipality in the late 20th century.
  Qatar's Amiri Diwan has been based in Al Bidda since 1915, after being converted from an abandoned Ottoman fort.
context_section_description: As of the 2010 census, the settlement comprised 91 housing units and 6 establishments. There were 1,102 people living in the settlement, of which 98% were male and 2% were female. Out of the 1,102 inhabitants, 99% were 20 years of age or older and 1% were under the age of 20.
  Employed persons made up 99% of the population. Females accounted for 1% of the working population, while males accounted for 99% of the working population.
caption: View of the Amiri Diwan in Al Bidda
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