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1 | ![]() | Qatar ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 25.2694 / 51.2128 | Qatar (Pronunciation adopted by Qatar Airways' advertisements, such as ' , or ; ' ; local vernacular pronunciation:), officially the State of Qatar , is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula (...) |
2 | Al Rayyan ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 25.32 / 51.37 | Al Rayyan (; also spelled as Ar Rayyan) is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and functions as a suburb (...) | |
3 | Umm Salal ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 25.4697 / 51.3975 | Umm Salal (; also spelled Umm Slal) is a municipality in the State of Qatar. It contains several historic places, such as Barzan Tower. The municipal headquarters Umm Salal is located in Umm Salal Ali, about 10 km from the coast and 15 km north of Doha, the Qatari capital. (...) | |
4 | Al Daayen ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 25.35 / 51.28 | Al Daayen is a municipality in the state of Qatar. Most of the urban landscape can be found in the southern zone of the municipality, particularly in the city of Lusail, while the northern and central sections are primarily rural (...) | |
5 | Al Wakrah ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.18 / 51.61 | Al-Wakrah (also spelled Al Wakra) is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, it was originally a small fishing and pearling village (...) | |
6 | Lusail ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.478 / 51.4778 | Lusail is a planned city in Qatar, located on the coast, in the northern part of the municipality of Al Daayen. Lusail is located about 23 km north of the city centre of Doha, just north of the West Bay Lagoon, on over 38 km² and will eventually have a population of up to 250,000 people (...) | |
7 | Mesaieed ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 24.98 / 51.55 | Mesaieed (also transliterated as Musay'id and Umm Sa'id) is an industrial city in Al Wakrah Municipality in the State of Qatar, approximately south of Doha. It was one of the most important cities in Qatar during the 20th century, having gained in recognition as a prime industrial zone and tanking (...) | |
8 | Dukhan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 25.4194 / 50.7922 | Dukhan is a city in the western municipality of Al-Shahaniya in the State of Qatar. It is approximately west of the capital, Doha. Dukhan is administrated by Qatar's state oil agency Qatar Petroleum and is the site of the first oil discovery in Qatar (...) | |
9 | Al Ghuwariyah ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 25.8294 / 51.2453 | Al Ghuwariyah is a town located in Al Khor Municipality in the state Qatar. Al Ghuwariyah was once a municipality of Qatar until it was merged with Al Khor Municipality, which is in the east, in 2004. It has been mostly populated by the Al-Naimi tribe of Qatar since the early 1920s. (...) | |
10 | Umm Bab ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 25.2097 / 50.8133 | Umm Bab is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It used to be part of the Al Rayyan municipality and before that was administered by Al Jemailiya municipality before the latter was incorporated into Al Rayyan (...) | |
11 | Al-Shahaniya (city) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 25.3722 / 51.2047 | Al-Shahaniya City is a city in Qatar, located in the municipality of its namesake, Al-Shahaniya. Qatar's most notable camel racetrack, Al-Shahaniya Camel Racetrack, is situated in the city. (...) | |
12 | Al Rayyan (city) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 25.32 / 51.37 | Al Rayyan is a city in the municipality of its namesake, Al Rayyan, Qatar. It is the second-most populous city in Qatar, with a population of 605,712 as of 2015. Consisting of all of the districts in the municipality's easternmost section, its boundary cuts off at roughly the point where the Orbital (...) | |
13 | Al Jasrah ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 25.2861 / 51.5342 | Al Jasrah is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. (...) | |
14 | Al Jemailiya ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 25.6208 / 51.0819 | Al Jemailiya (also Al Jumaliyah, Lijmiliya, Al Gummaylah and Al Jumaylīyah) is a town in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya, Qatar. It used to be the seat of Al Jemailiya Municipality before it was incorporated into Al Rayyan Municipality (...) | |
15 | Rawdat Rashed ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 25.3194 / 51.3533 | Rawdat Rashed is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It was demarcated in 1988. It used to be part of the Jariyan al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan (...) | |
16 | Jariyan al Batnah ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 25.21 / 50.8 | Jariyan al Batnah is a former municipality of Qatar. Its territory was split between the municipalities of Al Wakrah and Al Rayyan in 2004. All of Jariyan al Batnah's districts recorded in the 2004 census – Al Karaana, Rawdat Rashed, Sawda Natheel and Abu Samra – were distributed to the municipality (...) | |
17 | Abu Samra ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 24.7381 / 50.8953 | Abu Samra is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan (90 km away from Doha). It used to be part of the Jariyan al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan. It is a largely undeveloped area, consisting mainly of desert plains. Of its 801 (...) | |
18 | Mesaieed Industrial Area ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 24.9892 / 51.58 | Mesaieed Industrial Area (Umm Sa'id Industrial Area) is an industrial area in Al Wakrah Municipality in the State of Qatar, approximately south of Doha. It is a locality of the city of Mesaieed and was previously a designated district of Mesaieed Municipality before the municipality was merged with (...) | |
19 | Khawr al Udayd ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 24.63 / 51.296 | Khawr al Udayd, (; also spelled Khor al Adaid and Khor al-‘Udeid) is a settlement and inlet of the Persian Gulf located in Al Wakrah Municipality in southeast Qatar, on the border with Saudi Arabia. It is known to local English speakers as the "Inland Sea" (...) | |
20 | Texas A&M University at Qatar ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 25.3148 / 51.4388 | Texas A&M University at Qatar is a branch of Texas A&M University located in Education City, Al Rayyan, Qatar. The University offers undergraduate degrees in chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum engineering. A graduate program for chemical engineering (Master's degree) commenced in 2011. (...) | |
21 | Ad Dawhah al Jadidah ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 25.2758 / 51.5336 | Ad Dawhah al Jadidah is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. (...) | |
22 | Old Al Ghanim ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 25.2783 / 51.5414 | Old Al Ghanim is a neighborhood of Doha, the capital of Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. It forms a part of Doha's historic downtown. A notable landmark was the New World Centre, a supermarket established in 1987. It has since been relocated (...) | |
23 | Al Utouriya ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 25.515 / 51.2031 | Al Utouriya (; also translated as Al `Aţūrīyah and Al Atoriya) is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It used to be part of the Al Jemailiya municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan (...) | |
24 | Al Nasraniya ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 25.4031 / 51.0731 | Al Nasraniya is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It was demarcated in 1988. It used to be part of the Al Jemailiya municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan (...) | |
25 | Nu`ayjah ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 25.2525 / 51.5592 | Nu`ayjah is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. (...) | |
26 | Mebaireek ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 25.19 / 51.38 | Mebaireek is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It was formalized as one of Al Rayyan's ten administrative zones in the mid-2000s as a result of a merger between the two administrative zones of Abu Nakhla and Al Mukaynis (...) | |
27 | Al Thumama (Doha) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 25.2297 / 51.5458 | Al Thumama is a district of both the municipalities of Doha and Al Wakrah in Qatar. It is one of five sites for the government-sponsored project to develop reservoirs in the country. The reservoirs, once completed at the estimated date of 2017, are expected to be the largest in the world in their (...) | |
28 | Shagra, Qatar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 24.8167 / 51.3667 | Shagra (; also known as Ash Shagra and Shaqra) is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Wakrah. It was previously located in Mesaieed Municipality before the municipality was incorporated in Al Wakrah Municipality. It is a highly undeveloped area, consisting mainly of open desert (...) | |
29 | Mushayrib ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 25.2833 / 51.5167 | Mushayrib, also spelled Musheireb, is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. As of the 2010 census, the former district of Al Asmakh has been integrated into Mushayrib. (...) | |
30 | Sawda Natheel ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 24.5683 / 51.0683 | Sawda Natheel is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It used to be part of the Jariyan al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan. It is a highly undeveloped area, consisting mainly of open desert. Of its 566 (...) | |
31 | Al Karaana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 25.0111 / 51.0444 | Al Karaana is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It used to be part of the Jariyan al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan. It is one of the three major landfill sites in the country, being used mainly for sewage wastes. (...) | |
32 | Al Kharrara ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 24.9006 / 51.1714 | Al Kharrara is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Wakrah. The closest sizable city is Mesaieed, located to the east. It is a desert area, characterized by high aridity and the presence of grazing animals such as dromedary camels, goats and sheep. (...) | |
33 | Industrial Area (Doha) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 25.1675 / 51.4394 | Industrial Area is a district of Doha, Qatar. It was previously a part of the Al Rayyan Municipality. (...) | |
34 | Fereej Abdel Aziz ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 25.2833 / 51.5333 | Fereej Abdel Aziz is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. (...) | |
35 | As Salatah al Jadidah ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 25.2667 / 51.5167 | As Salatah al Jadidah is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. It is sometimes referred to by its English name, New Salata. (...) | |
36 | Bu Fasseela ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 25.4406 / 51.4053 | Bu Fasseela is a village in the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. (...) | |