Abu Sidrah (Arabic: أَبُو سِدْرَة, romanized: Abū Sidrah) is a village in northwest Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya.[2][3] According to the Ministry of Environment, there were about five households in the village in 2014.[4]
Abu Sidrah
أَبُو سِدْرَة | |
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Village | |
  Abu Sidrah Location in Qatar | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′23″N 51°00′15″E / 25.72306°N 51.00417°E[1] | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Al-Shahaniya |
| Zone | Zone 73 |
It is accessible through Al Jemailiya Road. The settlements of Al Suwaihliya, to the north, and Al Jemailiya, to the south, are nearby.[3]
Etymology
edit"Abu" in Arabic means "father", and is commonly used as a prefix for geographical features. The "sidrah" component refers to Ziziphus nummularia, a tree that frequently occurs around the rawda (depression) which the village is centered around.[3]
Gallery
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Small mosque in Abu Sidrah
References
edit- ^ "Abū Sidrah: Qatar". geographic.org. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Qatar Development Atlas - Part 1" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. 2010. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Paul Sillitoe (1 August 2014). Sustainable Development: An Appraisal from the Gulf Region. Berghahn Books. p. 230. ISBN 9781782383727.
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