Umm Ebairiya

Umm Ebairiya (Arabic: أم عبيرية‎, romanized: Umm ‘Ābirīyah) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Umm Salal.[2][3]

Umm Ebairiya

أم عبيرية
District
Umm Ebairiya
Coordinates: 25°29′00″N 51°23′00″E
Country Qatar
MunicipalityUmm Salal
ZoneZone 71
District no.131
Area
 • Total7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi)

In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 71, which has a population of 90,835 and also includes all of Umm Salal's other administrative districts.[2]

It borders Umm Al Amad to the east, Umm Salal Ali to the southeast and Saina Al-Humaidi to the northeast.[3]

Etymology

"Umm" means mother in Arabic and is commonly used as a prefix for geographical features. The second component, "ebairiya", comes from "obri", the local name of a plant that grows abundantly in the region.[3]

Alternative transliterations of the name include Umm ‘Ubayrīyah,[4] Umm Obairiya, Umm A'birieh and Umm Abiriyah.[5]

References
  1. "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. "Umm 'Ubayrīyah". geonames.org. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. "Umm 'Ābirīyah". geoview.info. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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