Zekreet

Zekreet
زكريت
Village
View of the village in 2015
View of the village in 2015
Zekreet is located in Qatar
Zekreet
Zekreet
Location in Qatar
Coordinates: 25°31′22″N 50°49′41″E / 25.52278°N 50.82806°E / 25.52278; 50.82806
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAl-Shahaniya
ZoneZone 72
District no.201
Area
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 • Total8.0 sq mi (20.6 km2)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
Reconstructed ruins atop a limestone cliff in the Zekreet Peninsula

Zekreet (Arabic: زكريت) is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan and about 80 km (50 mi) north-west west of Doha.[2] Originally a sparsely populated area, Zekreet was built up in the 1940s after oil operations commenced in Qatar. This included the construction of a harbor for oil equipment and some small houses which eventually developed into a village.[3] There are several visitor attractions and old ruins at the site, one of the most notable being Zekreet Fort, which is housed to the immediate north of the village.[4]

  1. ^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Zekreet Beach". Online Qatar. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ Al-Othman, Nasser (1984). With their bare hands: the story of the oil industry in Qatar. Longman Group. p. 49. ISBN 0582783755.
  4. ^ "Geographic Information System". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2018.[dead link]