Qatar National Library
Qatar National Library is a non-profit organization under the umbrella of Qatar Foundation. The plans for the new national library were announced by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation, on 19 November 2012, during a ceremony celebrating…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: National Library of Qatar
- Also known as: “QNL”
- Address: شارع جبر بن محمد, الدوحة
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Doha Sports Stadium and Qatar National Museum.
Doha Sports Stadium
Pitch
Doha Sports Stadium is the first football stadium in the Arabian Gulf region with a grass pitch, established in 1962. It is located in Doha near the Doha Corniche. Doha Sports Stadium is situated 200 metres north of Qatar National Library.
Qatar National Museum
Museum
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The National Museum of Qatar is a national museum in Doha, Qatar. The current building opened to the public on 28 March 2019, replacing the previous building which opened in 1975. Qatar National Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Qatar National Library.
Souq Waqif
Shopping center
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Souq Waqif is a marketplace in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The souq sells traditional garments, spices, handicrafts, and souvenirs. It is also home to restaurants and shisha lounges. Souq Waqif is situated 1 km northwest of Qatar National Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Bay and Fereej Kulaib.
West Bay
Suburb
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West Bay is an area in Doha, Qatar that encompasses the city's east coast districts, namely, Al Qassar, Al Dafna, West Bay Lagoon, and Onaiza. West Bay includes many modern buildings unlike other, older districts of Doha. West Bay is situated 4½ km north of Qatar National Library.
Fereej Kulaib
Suburb
Onaiza
Suburb
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Onaiza is a north-eastern district of Doha, Qatar. It is located between Al Dafna, Qatar's emerging central business district, and Lusail, a development north of Doha which is set to hold 200,000 residents in the near future. Onaiza is situated 6 km northwest of Qatar National Library.
Qatar National Library
- Categories: national library, building, and education
- Location: Doha, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.28265° or 25° 16′ 58″ northLongitude
51.54036° or 51° 32′ 25″ eastLevels
4Open location code
7HQH7GMR+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 134742390OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1361436
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Qatar National Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة قطر الرقمية”
- Arabic: “مكتبة قطر الوطنية”
- Azerbaijani: “Qətər Milli Kitabxanası”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Qatar”
- Chinese: “卡達國家圖書館”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبه قطر الوطنيه”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Kataro”
- Finnish: “Qatarin kansalliskirjasto”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale du Qatar”
- German: “Nationalbibliothek Katars”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη του Κατάρ”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של קטר”
- Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale del Qatar”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی قطر”
- Polish: “Katarska Biblioteka Narodowa”
- Serbian: “Национална библиотека Катара”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Catar”
- Spanish: “مكتبة قطر الوطنية”
- Urdu: “قومی کتب خانہ قطر”
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