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Al Ruwaida Archaeological Site [9] Qatar Museums Archeological Site GPS Coordinates (N 26° 5.016 E 51° 8.832) QNG (193128 – 480889) end of the 18th century Town ruins in northern Qatar. Prior to visit, please contact Qatar Museums HAR20829 Murwab Archaeological Site Qatar Museums Archeological Site GPS Coordinates (N25° 51.548 E51° 01.270 ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Qatar accepted the convention on September 12, 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the ...
As a municipality, Umm Salal was established in 1972, alongside Qatar's 4 other initial municipalities. [3] On 29 November 1974, the municipal headquarters was inaugurated under the supervision of Mohammad bin Jaber Al Thani, a former minister of the Municipality and Urban Planning, alongside Abdulaziz Al-Ghanem, who was Umm Salal's municipal council representative.
Umm Al Maa (Arabic: ام الماء, romanized: ‘Umm al-Mā’) is an archaeological site in northwest Qatar located in the municipality of Al Khor, near the border with Al Shamal. [1] It is most notable for its ancient cemetery, which is thought to date to the Bronze Age .
Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement; Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites; Motutapu Island - Site of many settlements and early Maori manufacturing
Bedouin grazing his sheep near Ruwayda archaeological site. Positioned near the north-western coastline of Qatar, the town of Ar Ru'ays is 10 km to the northeast [5] and the abandoned village of Al Jumail is to the east. [3] Fresh water was most likely available in the area, its extraction having been assisted by the shallow depth of the water ...
Rough sketch map drawn in 1936 showing Jebel Nakhsh The jebel was a site of contention in the early-to-mid 20th century between Ibn Saud and Amir Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani . Ibn Saud had wanted Jebel Nakhsh to be Saudi Arabia's frontier with Qatar.
Site containing most of the overwintering sites of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly. The reserve is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests ecoregion on the border of Michoacán and State of Mexico, 100 km (62 miles), northwest of Mexico City. [61] Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville