Al Shahaniyah

Al Shahaniyah is a town in central , out to the west of , in the Al Rayyan municipality. The majority of activity associated with camel racing and oryx breeding in Qatar take place within the municipality.
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  • Type: Locality with 8,380 residents
  • Description: municipality in Qatar
  • Also known as: Al-Shahaniya”, “Ash Shaḩānīyah”, “Ash Shayḩānīyah”, “Ash Shihaniyah”, and “Ash Shīḩānīyah

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sheikh Faisal Museum.

Museum
Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum is a privately owned located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya in . Encompassing an area of 530,000 m2, the three-building museum was opened in 1998 by Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Shahaniya.

Town
City is a city in , located in the similarly named municipality of . Qatar's most notable camel racetrack, Camel Racetrack, is located in the city.

Al Shahaniyah

Latitude
25.3709° or 25° 22′ 15″ north
Longitude
51.2226° or 51° 13′ 22″ east
Population
8,380
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
7HQH96CF+93
Geo­Names ID
289877
Wiki­data ID
Q12188815
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Al Shahaniyah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الشحانية
  • Arabic: اَلشَّحَانِيَّة
  • Arabic: الشيحانية
  • Basque: Al-Shahaniya
  • Catalan: Al Shahaniya (municipi)
  • Catalan: Al Shahaniya
  • Chinese: 沙哈尼亚
  • Chinese: 沙哈尼亞
  • Chinese: 艾爾沙哈尼亞自治市
  • French: Al-Shahaniya
  • Galician: Al Shahaniya
  • German: Asch-Schahaniyya
  • Japanese: シャハーニーヤ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Al-Shahaniya
  • Persian: شحانیه
  • Persian: شهرداری الشحانیه
  • Polish: Asz-Szahanijja (prowincja)
  • Polish: Asz-Szahanijja
  • Portuguese: Al Shahaniyah
  • Portuguese: Al-Shahaniya
  • Romanian: Al-Shahaniya
  • Russian: Аль-Шахания
  • Russian: Эш-Шахания
  • Somali: Al-Shahaniya
  • Spanish: Al Shahaniya
  • Spanish: Municipio de Al Shahaniya
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠟ ꠍꠣꠘꠣꠁꠀ
  • Turkish: Eş-Şahaniye
  • Ukrainian: Аль-Шаханія

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Al Shahaniyah”. Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.