New Al Mirqab

District in Ad Dawhah, Qatar

New Al Mirqab المرقاب الجديد
District
Al Dhiyaa Street in New Al Mirqab
25°16′18″N 51°30′15″E / 25.271611°N 51.504289°E / 25.271611; 51.504289
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Ad Dawhah
Zone	Zone 39
District no.	39
Area ^[1]
• Total	0.6 km² (0.2 sq mi)

New Al Mirqab (Arabic: المرقاب الجديد, romanized: Al-Mirqāb al-Jadīdah; also referred to as Al Mirqab Al Jadeed) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah.^[2]^[3]

Together with Al Sadd and Fereej Al Nasr, it makes up Zone 39 which has 23,853 people in it.^[2]

Etymology

The district derives its name from Al Mirqab district. An Arabic word, mirqab originates from "muraqabah", which in English translates to "watching".^[3] This name was given in reference to a historic watchtower from which people would identify incoming ships and survey the sea.^[4]

References

^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ Fletcher, Richard; Carter, Robert A. (12 May 2017). "Mapping the Growth of an Arabian Gulf Town: the case of Doha, Qatar" (PDF). Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 60 (4): 24. doi:10.1163/15685209-12341432. Retrieved 10 June 2024.