Ar-Ruʼays
Ar-Ruʼays, also spelled Al Ruwais, is a port town in the Qatari municipality of Al Shamal. It is located on the northern tip of Qatar, approximately 127 km north of the capital Doha.- Type: Town with 3,330 residents
- Description: human settlement in Qatar
- Also known as: “Al Ruwais”, “Al Ruwais, Ar Ru’ays”, “Ar Ru’ays”, “Ar Ruwais”, “Ar Ruways”, “Ruwais”, “Ар Руайс”, “مدينة الرويس”, and “アッ・ルアイス”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Shamal.
Ar-Ruʼays
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.1295° or 26° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
51.20465° or 51° 12′ 17″ east
Population
3,330
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7HRH46H3+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ar-Ruʼays” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اَلرُّؤَيْس”
- Arabic: “الرويس”
- Asturian: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Cebuano: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Dutch: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الرويس”
- French: “Al Rouwaïs”
- German: “Ar-Ruwais”
- Hebrew: “א-רווייס”
- Hebrew: “א-רויס”
- Irish: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Japanese: “アル・ルーアイス”
- Lithuanian: “Ruaisas”
- Lithuanian: “Ruajisas”
- Mazanderani: “الرویس”
- Mingrelian: “ერ-რუეისი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Persian: “الرویس”
- Polish: “Ar-Ruwajs”
- Portuguese: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Russian: “Эр-Рувайс”
- Tagalog: “Ar Ru’ays”
- Turkish: “Er Rüveys”
- Ukrainian: “Аль-Рувайс”
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