Rawdat Rashed
روضة راشد | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 25°19′10″N 51°21′12″E / 25.31944°N 51.35333°E | |
Country | Qatar |
Municipality | Al-Shahaniya |
Zone | Zone 82 |
District no. | 492 |
Area | |
• Total | 32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi) |
Rawdat Rashed (Arabic: روضة راشد, romanized: Rawḑat Rāshid) is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya.[3] It was demarcated in 1988.[4] It used to be part of the Jariyan Al Batnah municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan.[5] In 2014, the village was incorporated into the newly created Al-Shahaniya Municipality.[6]
Located in central Qatar, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the capital Doha, the village was once of considerable size but lost much of its population due to government efforts to resettle the country's rural population in Doha in the mid-to-late 20th century. The region in which the village lies is extremely arid and, thus, was historically sparsely populated. Previously, the site was accessible only via unpaved desert roads.[7] The Dhal Al Misfir cave is located in the area.