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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Qatar
- Also known as: “Ar Rakīyāt” and “Ar Rukayyāt”
Ar Rakiyat
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ar Rakiyat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الركيات”
- 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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