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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.
An archaeological site in northwest Qatar. Prior to visit, please contact Qatar Museums HAR1891 Barzan Towers: Qatar Museums Architectural Heritage GPS Coordinates (N25° 25.073 E51° 24.798) QNG (219860 – 407152) 1910 and 1916 HAR4161 Al Khor Towers Eastern Tower Qatar Museums Architectural Heritage GPS Coordinates
81 Qatar. 82 Romania. 83 Russia. 84 Serbia. 85 Saudi Arabia. 86 Somalia. 87 Slovenia. 88 South Africa. 89 Spain. 90 Sri Lanka. ... Rhodes (Ancient and Walled City of ...
Forts in Qatar (8 P) W. World Heritage Sites in Qatar (2 P) This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 00:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Zubarah (Arabic: الزبارة), also referred to as Al Zubarah or Az Zubarah, is a ruined, ancient town located on the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula in the Al Shamal municipality, about 65 miles or 105 kilometres from the capital Doha.
The first representation of Qatar appears on the Portuguese map by Luis Lázaro in 1563, showing the "city of Qatar" as a fortress, possibly referring to the fort of Ruwayda. [72] Having retained a negligible military presence in the area, the Ottomans were expelled by the Bani Khalid tribe and their emirate in 1670.
The location of Qatar An enlargeable map of the State of Qatar. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar: . The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatari Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. [1]
Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee [5] Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World ...