Since 2004, Qatar has been divided into seven municipalities (Arabic: baladiyah).
According to the last census, conducted by the Planning Council in 2007, the total Current population of Qatar is 907,229.
Ashurra, is celebrated by Sunni Muslims (Qatar is mostly Sunni, although there are a number of Shiite expats living and working here) as the day Noah's ark found ground, the day Abraham was born and the day the Kabaah*, the holiest place in Islam, was built.