Al Wajbah
Al Wajbah is a district in Qatar in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It lies 10 miles west of the capital Doha. The village was the site of the Battle of Al Wajbah, an armed conflict between the Ottomans and the Qatari tribes in 1893.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: district in Al Rayyan, Qatar
- Also known as: “Al Wagbah”, “Al Wajba”, “Al Waqbah”, and “Wajbah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Education City Stadium and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Education City Stadium
Stadium
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Education City Stadium is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar.
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Museum
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Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art is a museum in Doha, Qatar with over 9,000 objects. Established in 2010, it is considered a major cultural attraction in the country. Mathaf houses the world's largest collection of modern and contemporary Arab art.
Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar
University
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar is the Qatari Education City campus of the School of the Arts of Virginia Commonwealth University, a public university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar is situated 3½ km east of Al Wajbah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muaither and Education City.
Muaither
Suburb
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Muaither is a district of Al Rayyan City in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. Muaither is situated 3½ km southeast of Al Wajbah.
Education City
Locality
Education City is an educational and research hub located in Al Rayyan Municipality in the Doha Metropolitan Area of Qatar. Developed by the Qatar Foundation, it was established by Moza bint Nasser, one of the consorts of Qatar's former ruler Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the current ruler's mother, to advance education, research, and innovation in the region. Education City is situated 4 km east of Al Wajbah.
Al Gharrafa
Suburb
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Al Gharrafa is a Qatari district of Al Rayyan City, which is located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. In close proximity to Education City and constituting a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area, the Doha Expressway and Al Shamal Highway run along the district. Al Gharrafa is situated 6 km northeast of Al Wajbah.
Al Wajbah
- Category: village
- Location: Al Rayyan, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Al Wajbah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الوجبة”
- Arabic: “اَلْوَقْبَة”
- Cebuano: “Al Wajbah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Wajbah”
- Persian: “الوجبه”
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