Al Khuwayr
Al Khuwayr is an abandoned village in northwest Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Shamal. It is a popular domestic tourist attraction due to its history and ruined structures.
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: human settlement in Qatar
- Also known as: “Al Khuwair”, “Al Khuwayr Hassan”, “Al Khuwayr Ḩassān”, “Al Kuhwayr”, “Khawr Hassān”, “Khor Hassān”, “Khuwair”, and “알 쿠와이르”
Al Khuwayr
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.06869° or 26° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
51.0839° or 51° 5′ 2″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7HRH339M+FH
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al Khuwayr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الخوير حسان”
- Arabic: “الخوير”
- Arabic: “اَلْخُوَيْر”
- Dutch: “Al Khuwayr”
- Irish: “Al Khuwayr”
- Korean: “알쿠와이르”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Khuwayr”
- Persian: “الخویر”
- Portuguese: “Al Khuwayr”
- Tagalog: “Al Khuwayr”
- Urdu: “الخوایر”
- Uzbek: “Al-Xuvayr”
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