al-Wakra
الوكرة Al-Wakra |
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Coordinates | 25 ° 11 ′ N , 51 ° 36 ′ E | |
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Country | Qatar | |
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ISO 3166-2 | QA-WA | |
height | 5 m | |
Residents | 87,970 (2015) | |
Al-Wakra ( Arabic الوكرة, DMG al-Wakra ) is a port city and capital of the al-Wakra community in Qatar on the Persian Gulf , 18 km south of Doha .
87,970 people live there (as of 2015). In the past, the port was mainly used as a fishing and pearl trading port. Ships ( dhows ) are still built by hand along the port facilities .
Al-Wakra offers a museum in the old fort , parts of the old city wall , some old houses and two old mosques in the Wahhabism style.
The sports club Al-Wakrah SC is also based in al-Wakra .
Demographics
March 1986 | March 1997 | March 2004 | April 2010 | April 2015 |
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13,159 | 20.205 | 26,993 | 79,457 | 87,970 |
Web links
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