[2] The plant's Latin name is Artemisia inculta; it is an aromatic perennial that frequently grows in the Middle East and North Africa region but which is scarce in Qatar due to its unsuitable soils.

Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Al-Shahaniya is described as a 'Bedouin camping ground' with a 35-feet deep masonry well yielding good water in 1908.

All roads within city boundaries, including the highways, had been constructed between 2003 and 2004 by Al Rayyan Municipality and had not been renovated since.

At the time, none of the city's streets were named or numbered, causing significant difficulties for residents receiving mail delivery and emergency services.

This was despite the Committee for Naming and Numbering Houses and Streets holding meetings on the issue since 2004.

To the west of the Al Utouriya-Al-Shahaniya Road, there is a notable change in the landscape, opening up into a wide, spacious plain.

[13] Common vegetation found in Doha include fern-leaf peony (Fagonia tenuifolia) in sandy depressions,[14] eyelash plant (Blepharis ciliaris),[15] salam trees (Vachellia flava) in sandy depressions,[16] rimth (Haloxylon salicornicum),[17] sheeh (Artemisia inculta),[5] and, on rare occasions, wild chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla).

Oryxes for the reserve were transported from Muaither Farm by sheikh Abdulrahman bin Saud Al Thani.

[25] North of the public services complex, off Al Utouriya Road, is the municipal headquarters.

[26] In April 2018, the Animal Production Research Station was established in the city by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment.

Spanning roughly 78,000 square meters and constructed at a cost of QR 30 million, its facilities include a research station, animal sheds and a veterinary clinic.

[28] Natural gas and oil distribution pipelines and pumping stations are located in Al-Shahaniya City and several of its suburbs.

[31] Roza Hassad opened Qatar's first large-scale flower-growing facility in Al-Shahaniya City in 2012.

[37] When free elections of the Central Municipal Council first took place in Qatar during 1999,[38] Al-Shahaniya was designated the seat of constituency no.