Al Owaina
لعوينة
Village
Al Owaina is located in Qatar
Al Owaina
Al Owaina
Location in Qatar
Coordinates: 25°26′30″N 50°57′29″E / 25.44165°N 50.95793°E / 25.44165; 50.95793
CountryQatar
MunicipalityAl-Shahaniya

Al Owaina (Arabic: لعوينة; also spelled Leawaina and Al Uwaynah) is a village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. The closest sizable settlement is the industrial city of Dukhan.[1]

Etymology

The name "Owaina" originated from the Arabic word "ain", which is the term used for a natural source of freshwater, and, in this case, was the name chosen for a nearby well after which the whole area derived its name from.[1]

Infrastructure

Hejen Racing Committee maintains a camel hospital in the village called Tharb Camel Hospital.[2][3] It is the first hospital of its kind in the country. The hospital doubles as a camel breeding center and is strategically located in the isolated west in order to avoid the negative effects of urbanization on the health of the camels.[4]

UrbaCon General Contracting carried out the Leawaina Majlis Project to the improve infrastructure of the village in 2012.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "GIS Portal". Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Aminu Deen and El-Saaed El-Hassanein (September 2013). "A short note on Morphological aspects ofcamel embryos recovered from uterineflushing of superovulated female camels". Camel. 1 (2): 115–121. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ↑ ""ذرب" نقلة عالمية" (in Arabic). Al Watan. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ David Harding (1 May 2017). "Qatar's prized racing camels bred for success". thenational.ae. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Health, Safety and Environment: Annual Report 2012" (PDF). UrbaCon General Contracting. 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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