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Madinat ash Shamal

Madinat ash Shamal is the capital city of the municipality of in . Located more than 100 kilometres north of Qatar's capital , the city was founded in the 1970s, shortly after the country gained independence.
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  • Type: Village with 5,510 residents
  • Description: city in Al Shamal, Qatar
  • Also known as: “Al Shamal”, “Ash Shamāl”, “Baladiyat ash Shamal”, “Baladīyat ash Shamāl”, “Baladīyat Madīnat ash Shamāl”, “Madinat al Shamal”, and “Madīnat ash Shamāl”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Shamal and Ar-Ruʼays.

Photo: Xavier Bouchevreau, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in the state of . The seaside teems with local dhow boats. Al Ruwais is part of a conglomeration of towns in the municipality of Madinat ash Shamal, including Al Ruwais and Abu Dahlouf.

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, also spelled Al Ruwais, is a port town in the municipality of . It is located on the northern tip of Qatar, approximately 127 km north of the capital .

Madinat ash Shamal

Latitude
26.1183° or 26° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
51.2157° or 51° 12′ 57″ east
Population
5,510
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
7HRH4698+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9666025665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
389462
Wiki­data ID
Q22948561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Madinat ash Shamal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشمال”
  • Arabic: “بلدية الشمال”
  • Arabic: “بلدية مدينة الشمال”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الشمال”
  • Asturian: “Al Shamal”
  • Basque: “Madinat ash Shamal”
  • Catalan: “Madinat ash Shamal”
  • French: “Ash Shamal”
  • German: “Madīnat asch-Schamāl”
  • Hebrew: “א-שמאל”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת א-שמאל”
  • Japanese: “アッ＝シャマー (市)”
  • Japanese: “アッ＝シャマール (市)”
  • Japanese: “マディナ・アッシュ・シャマル”
  • Lithuanian: “Madinat aš Šamalis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Shamal by”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Madinat ash Shamal”
  • Persian: “الشمال”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шамаль (город)”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шамаль”
  • Spanish: “Al Shamal city”
  • Spanish: “Madinat ash Shamal”
  • Turkish: “Medinet eş Şemal”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Madinat ash Shamal”. Photo: lawrenceyeah, CC BY-SA 2.0.