Umm Birka
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Umm Birka ({{langx|ar|أُمّ بِرْكَة}}; also spelled Umm Baraka) is a settlement in the Al Khor municipality of Qatar.{{cite web|url=http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/publication/annabs/2014/1_Population2013.pdf|title=2010 population census|publisher=Qatar Statistics Authority|access-date=31 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://geoportal.gisqatar.org.qa/qmape/index.html|title=District map|publisher=The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar|access-date=31 July 2015}}
Etymology
Umm Birka derives its name from the Arabic word "barikat," which means "blessing." It was named in reference to a local depression that would fill with water during rainy season.{{cite book|url=https://qspace.qu.edu.qa/handle/10576/4866|title=موسوعة المعلومات القطرية - المجلد الجغرافي|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Qatari Information - The Geographical Volume|year=1998|publisher=College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Qatar|location=Doha|editor-last1=Al-Khayyat|editor-first1=Hassan|editor-last2=Al-Emadi|editor-first2=Hassan Darwish|last1=Amer|first1=Ismail|last2=Al-'Arifi|first2=Saleh|last3=Babiker|first3=Ahmad Abdullah|last4=Al-Nasr|first4=Bassam|last5=Abdul Karim|first5=Nidham|last6=Al-Kuwari|first6=Fatima|last7=Al-Shayb|first7=Ali Ibrahim|last8=Aziz|first8=Mohammed Al-Khuzami|last9=Fakhro|first9=Nasser Abdulrahman|last10=Al-Kuwari|first10=Mohammed Khalifa|page=17|language=ar}}
Geography
Umm Birka is situated in northeast Qatar. The village of Umm Al Qahab is nearby.{{cite web|url=http://gsa.mdps.gov.qa/GSA/Q_Atlas/english/default.htm|title=Qatar Socio-Economic Atlas|publisher=Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics|access-date=8 August 2017}}
Water reservoir
The settlement is one of five sites for the government-sponsored project to develop reservoirs in the country.{{cite web|url=http://portal.www.gov.qa/wps/portal/media-center/news/individualnews/stonelaidforqrseventeenbnreservoirsproject/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOIt_S2cDS0sDNwNDMwsDTyDDUKDTbzcDfwdDfWDE4v0C7IdFQFifWNr/?changeLanguage=ar|title=رئيس الوزراء: يطلق مشروع الخزانات الاستراتيجية الكبرى لتأمين المياه|publisher=Qatar Government|date=13 May 2015|access-date=31 July 2015}} Once completed, the reservoirs are expected to be the largest in the world in their category,{{cite book|last=Amery|first=Hussain A.|title=Arab Water Security: Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=15 June 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O57VCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|page=121|isbn=9781316381069}} with a total length of 650 km and constructed at a cost of QR 14.5 billion. In June 2018, the first phase of the project was completed.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/29/06/2018/PM-opens-first-phase-of-QR14.5bn-reservoirs-project|title=PM opens first phase of QR14.5bn reservoirs project|publisher=The Peninsula|author=Sanaullah Ataullah|date=29 June 2018|access-date=29 June 2018}}
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