Ar Rakiyat
Ar Rakiyat is a village in Qatar, in the municipality of Ash Shamal. From the 19th to 20th centuries, the village obtained its water supply from the freshwater well in Ar Rakiyat Fort. The fort also provided refuge for its population in times of conflict.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …is also known as “Ar Rukayyāt”
- Description: human settlement in Qatar
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
26.05023° or 26° 3′ 1″ north
Longitude
51.13041° or 51° 7′ 50″ east
Open location code
7HRH342J+35
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ar Rakiyat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اَلرَّكِيَّات”
- Arabic: “الركية”
- Dutch: “Ar Rakiyat”
- Irish: “Ar Rakiyat”
- Japanese: “アッ・ラキヤート”
- Japanese: “アル・ラキヤトゥ”
- Macedonian: “Ракијат”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar Rakiyat”
- Persian: “الرکیه”
- Uzbek: “Ar-Rokiyah”
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