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Qatar in January, 2003. Qatar is a peninsula with a 563 kilometre-long coastline, numerous small islets, sandbars, and reefs. It is a popular destination with tourists in the Gulf Cooperation Council. [1] [2] This is a list of beaches in Qatar.
HEC Paris in Qatar; Northwestern University in Qatar; Stenden University Qatar [13] Syscoms Institute [14] Texas A&M University at Qatar; Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar [15] Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar [16] City University College [17] German University Qatar [18] University College London Qatar (UCL Qatar) [19] [2010-2020]
Beach sands in the vicinity of Al Hamlah Water Well near Umm Bab. Situated in western Qatar, Umm Bab is only 25 km away from the industrial city of Dukhan. It is 85 km west of the capital of Doha, 142 km southwest of Al Khor, and 100 km northwest of Al Wakrah. [10] The Aswan Quarries are to its southeast. [11]
Fuwayrit Beach is a popular bird-watching site. [39] The intertidal sandflats and lagoonal mudflats off the coast are important habitats for migratory seabirds. Furthermore, there a number of low nabkhas , reaching a maximum of height of about 1.5 m (5 ft), that host various seabird populations. [ 37 ]
The following are both national and international schools in Qatar (arranged in alphabetical order). ( Tertiary schools are presented in the separate list of universities and colleges in Qatar .) This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In Qatar's first census conducted in 1986, West Bay was the tentative name for seven newly established zones of Doha along the coastline: Zone 60 and Zone 62 to Zone 67. [2] Contemporary usage of the term refers to all the districts currently occupying these zones, which currently includes Al Qassar , Al Dafna , West Bay Lagoon (official name ...
The promenade overlooking Doha Bay. Wrapping around Doha Bay, the Corniche comprises a seafront promenade and dual carriageway extending for seven kilometers from the West Bay area's Sheraton Hotel in the north to the Al Khulaifat district's Doha Club Park in the south, passing Doha Port and its facilities.
Simaisma (Arabic: سُمَيْسِمَة; also spelled Sumaysimah) is a small seaside town located on the eastern coast of Qatar 30 km north of the capital Doha. [2] [3] The town features old houses and mosques from the days before the discovery of oil and natural gas in Qatar. It was demarcated in 1988. [4] Small clusters of mangroves dot its ...