Abu Samra

Abu Samra
أبو سمرة
Settlement
Abu Samra is located in Qatar
Abu Samra
Abu Samra
Coordinates: 24°44′17″N 50°53′43″E / 24.73806°N 50.89528°E / 24.73806; 50.89528
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAl Rayyan
ZoneZone 96
District no.726
Area
[1]
 • Total24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Rocks on a beach in Abu Samra near Salwa Road.

Abu Samra (Arabic: أبو سمرة, romanized: Abū Samrah) is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan (90 km from Doha).[3] It used to be part of the Jariyan al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan.[4]

Notable features of the area are a border post separating the southern part of the municipality from Saudi Arabia, and a well.[5] It was previously Qatar's only land border crossing to Saudi Arabia,[6][7] until its closure in June 2017 over the Qatar diplomatic crisis.[8] The border was opened again when the blockade ended in 2021.

  1. ^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ^ "2015 Population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ "2004 population census". Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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  6. ^ Hugh Naylor (18 April 2014). "Qatar's single border crossing exposes its vulnerability". The National. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ Salman Siddiqui (13 October 2013). "Abu Samra border post gears up to meet Eid rush". Gulf Times. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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