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Welcome to UAQ Municipality

Umm Al Quwain Municipality Overview

Municipality of Umm Al Quwain is a service governmental institution, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), directly related to the general public, in order to meet the many requirements of their daily life, and contribute through its subsidiary departments, municipalities, and centers, to the rapid development of the emirate of Umm Al Quwain. This is in line with Umm Al Quwain's future Vision that aims to place the country among the developed countries, based on the pillars of human development, economic, social, and environmental development.

It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome you through our platform which is a result of the Municipality’s teams hard work, dedication and passion. The years and months does not pass by without the department proving it’s reliability to the public and demonstrating its ability to achieve back to back success milestone after milestone. Those achievements are anchored by an exceptional team that works harmoniously and tirelessly around the clock as their level of ambition and excellence has no ceiling.

Finally, we send our heartly gratitude to the wise leadership and guidance of His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mu’alla may God protect him, and his Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Rashid Bin Saud Al Mu’alla for their limitless support in implementing our projects and strategic initiatives to the fullest

President, “Sheikh Ali Bin Soud Al Mua'lla”

The years pass full of challenges and achievements that bring us closer to the dream.

It is the dream of the vision through which the department seeks to achieve development, leadership and distinction from. Through hard work, active efforts and fruitful dialogue, distinction has become an approach for us.

An irreversible life, which guarantees us the first ranks scientifically and theoretically and achieves the highest levels of competitiveness and consequently the leadership that our wise leaders had always sought.

May Allah guide us and you to a brighter future.

General Manager, “Ahmed Ebrahim Obaid Ali Al-Ali”







The First establishment of the Municipality of Municipal Affairs in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain was in the first of April 1968, and practiced municipal tasks assigned to it in accordance with the Amiri Decree No. 1 of 1975 issued by the late President His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Mualla, God rest his soul, which was amended by Law No. (1) for the year 2010.

And the municipality provides services of issuing construction, public health, and the environment and monitors the markets and the ratification of the leases and Dispute Resolution and others in the framework of the laws and legislations issued licenses. Which has defined the responsibilities of the Municipality and its affiliate Departments.