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Al Ghariyah (Arabic: الغارية) is a village on the northeast coast of Qatar located in the municipality of Ash Shamal. It was founded in 1885 by settlers from the town of Al Wakrah. It was a site of contention between Qatari tribes allied with the Ottomans and Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. [1] A number of ancient cup-marks and rock ...
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Qatar in January, 2003. Qatar is a peninsula with a 563 kilometre-long coastline, numerous small islets, ... Al Ghariyah beach is located 80 km north of Doha.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 05:16, 21 April 2022: 1,039 × 987 (60 KB): Spesh531: November 2021 border changes on the southern shore of Khawr al Udayd
Qatar is one of the fastest growing countries in the field of tourism. According to the World Tourism rankings , more than 2.3 million international tourists visited Qatar in 2017. Qatar has become one of the most open countries in the Middle East due to its recent visa facilitation improvements, including allowing nationals of 88 countries to ...
Yusufiyah (Arabic: يُوسُفِيَّة, romanized: Yūsufīyah) is an abandoned village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al Shamal. [2] [3] It was previously one of the most important towns on Qatar's north coast. An old stone fort, Qalaat Yusufiyeh, is found here.
Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Class of Light [2] Focal height [2] NGA number [2] Admiralty number [2] Range nml [2]; Halat Umm Al Khayfan Lighthouse: n/a: offshore Doha (NGA
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Al Zubarah Archaeological Site: Al Shamal Municipality. Cultural (iii) (iv) (v) 2013 The walled coastal town of Al Zubarah in the Persian Gulf flourished as a pearling and trading centre in the late 18th century and early 19th centuries, before it was destroyed in 1811 and abandoned in the early 1900s.