Al Nasraniya

Al Nasraniya (Arabic: النصرانية, romanized: An Naşrānīyah) is a village[2] in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya.[3] It was demarcated in 1988.[2] It used to be part of the Al Jemailiya municipality before the municipality was incorporated into Al Rayyan.[4] In 2014, the settlement was incorporated into the newly created Al-Shahaniya Municipality.[5]

Al Nasraniya
النصرانية
Village
Al Nasraniya is located in Qatar
Al Nasraniya
Al Nasraniya
Coordinates: 25°24′11″N 51°04′23″E
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAl-Shahaniya
ZoneZone 85
District no.568
Area
[1]
 • Total29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi)

Etymology

Nasraniya was named after a local well. Because the well was built on rocky, solid ground, locals had to dig deep under the surface for the well to function. Once the well was working, it was a described as a victory, and the locals decided to name the well Nasraniya, meaning Christianity, in allusion to the victory of Islam in superseding Christianity as the predominant religion in the Arabian Peninsula.[6]

History

J.G. Lorimer mentioned Nasraniya in 1908 in his Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, stating that it lies "11 miles south of the foot of Dohat Faishsākh and 16 miles west from the coast" and remarked on the presence of a masonry well, 25 fathoms (150 feet) deep, yielding good water.[7]

Infrastructure

After Qatar started to receive substantial profits from its oil extraction activities in the 1960s and 1970s, it launched many housing projects for its citizens. As part of this initiative, 40 houses were built in Al Nasraniya by 1976.[8]

Two government buildings are based in Al Nasraniya.[9] They belong to The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, which has an office in the village.[10] There are no health care facilities.[9]

  • Sketch map depicting Al Nasraniya drawn in 1933.
    Sketch map depicting Al Nasraniya drawn in 1933.
  • View of Al Nasranniya from Dukhan Highway.
    View of Al Nasranniya from Dukhan Highway.

References
  1. "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. "قانون رقم (31) لسنة 1988 بتعيين حدود قرية النصرانية". almeezan.qa. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. "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.
  4. "2004 population census". Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  5. Hisham Yassin (16 January 2014). "بلدية الشحانية تضم %35 من مساحة الريان الحالية" (in Arabic). Al Arab. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. "GIS Portal". Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908' [1525] (1640/2084)". Qatar Digital Library. Retrieved 6 July 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. Qatar Year Book: 1976. Doha: Press and Publications Department, Ministry of Information. 1976. p. 64.
  9. "Geo Statistics Application". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  10. "Qatar Landmarks". Ministry of Development Planning. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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