The country's Special Engineering Office officially presented the $825 million housing project which is set to house some 68,640 workers.
Sunday's ceremony in the capital, Doha, was opened by Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani and the Labor Minister Abdullah al-Khulaifi, who reiterated that improving living standards for migrant workers has become the country's priority.
Labor City, which lies just 14 kilometers from Doha and covers an area of 1,100,000 square meters, is just one of seven house complexes that the government is building to house almost 260,000 labor migrants.
The new "model" project has two sections with residential apartments, and another which includes the entertainment and business district. Residents can enjoy a 17,000 seat theater on the premises. The city offers a commercial center and a market with 200 shops. It has four cinemas and a cricket field.
To make it feel more like home, Labor City has two mosques, including one that is the country's second largest.
PM inaugurates largest
Labour City in Gulf region
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The second section contains 55 residential buildings, places of worship, a medical clinic and parking lots. Labor City is equipped with public telephones and Wi-Fi centers. So far around of 40 percent of the site is still vacant, the other is occupied by laborers from other countries including Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
To offer security, two police stations are working on the premises with the help of an integrated network of surveillance cameras.
Mesaimeer Labour City, the first of its kind in the region, to open doors in Qatar today
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I did see some pretty astonishing things over there. Anyway, Qatar airways is the second best Airline Company in the world with Emirates (UAE) being #1 currently.