The Giant Pandas (Sohail and Thuraya) on Qatari land

In this connection, the Director of the Public Parks Department, Eng. Mohammed Ali Al Khori revealed the role of the Ministry of Municipality in building the park of the two giant pandas near Al Khor Park, Al Bayt Stadium and both municipalities of Al Khor and Dakira in line with the highest international specifications and standards. It is 35 k.m away from Doha.

He mentioned that the total area of the park project reaches 120 thousand square meter. It includes a giant panda display and shelter, in addition to the green areas and service buildings. A medical facility is attached to the giant panda park to meet the needs of the animals at all times.

Mr./ Mohammed Al Khori pointed out that the public will have the opportunity to visit the giant panda park at the time of the near launch of the World Cup 2022, after the period of health quarantine decided for the two pandas after arriving in Qatar.

He also pointed out that the panda park was designed in application of the idea from (home to home) since it is similar to the mountains inspired by the the configuration of the panda original homeland which is Minshan Mountains in the Chinese Province Sichuan, considering keeping a separate level for the pandas to preserve their special living nature. It was taken into consideration while designing the panda park that it should be convenient to the climatic conditions of the panda and to provide parks and fun areas for them, in addition to providing paths for the visitors to watch the panda. (2814) of Bamboo on which the pandas feed were cultivated in a part of the park. Trees from Chinese forests were brought and cultivated inside the shelter.

It is expected that the panda park will be one of the most important tourist and leisure destinations that will attract visitors from inside and outside Qatar.

On his part, the Acting Director of Building Projects Department in Ashghal that the works of the panda park were completed in coordination with the Ministry of Municipality. Ashghal achieved about 2 million work hours. About 75% of the used materials were local such as iron and steel, electrical and mechanical tools, glass and other materials.

He added that the park was designed in line with the highest standards of quality and safety in accordance with the standards of the Global System of Assessing Sustainability (GSAS), since the designing and operational considerations were applied to achieve an environmental quality of 3 stars of energy preserving and Keeping the environment 

(Suhail and Thuraya Pandas)

(Ging Ging) Panda meaning in Chinese language Shining Crystal, is the male panda. It was born on the 19th of September 2018 it given the Arabic name Suhail which means the star in the sky>

(SI Hi) Panda meaning in Chinese ?four seas? is the female panda. It was born on the 26th of July 2019 its Arabic name is Thuraya which means ( a group of shining stars ). These two names have great significance in the Qatari culture.