Umm Ebairiya
Umm Ebairiya
أم عبيرية | |
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Village | |
 188 Street in Umm Ebairiya | |
  Umm Ebairiya Location within Qatar | |
| Coordinates: 25°29′00″N 51°23′00″E / 25.48333°N 51.38333°E | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Umm Salal |
| Zone | Zone 71 |
| District no. | 131 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
Umm Ebairiya (Arabic: أم عبيرية, romanized: Umm ‘Ābirīyah) is a Qatari village in the municipality of Umm Salal.[2][3]
In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 71, which has a population of 90,835 and also includes all of Umm Salal's other administrative districts.[2]
It borders Umm Al Amad to the east, Umm Salal Ali to the southeast and Saina Al-Humaidi to the northeast.[3]
Etymology
Umm means "mother" in Arabic and is commonly used as a prefix for geographical features.[3] The second component, ebairiya, comes from obri, the local name of a type of Sidr tree that grows abundantly in the region.[4]
Alternative transliterations of the name include Umm ‘Ubayrīyah,[5] Umm Obairiya, Umm A'birieh and Umm Abiriyah.[6]
References
- ↑ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- 1 2 "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- 1 2 3 "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "الأسماء الجغرافية لأماكن دولة قطر" (in Arabic). Qatar Historical Encyclopedia. 2022. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ "Umm 'Ubayrīyah". geonames.org. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Umm 'Ābirīyah". geoview.info. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
Capital: Umm Salal Ali | |||||
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