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Al Wakrah, Al Wakrah, Qatar


Alternative Names:Al Wakrah, Al Waqra, Al Waqrah, Wakra, Wakrah, Waqra, alwkrt, الوكرة
Type:Seat of a first-order administrative division - seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)
Mindat.org Region:Qatar
Region:Al Wakrah, Qatar
Latitude:25° 10' 17" N
Longitude:51° 36' 12" E
Lat/Long (dec):25.17151,51.60337
Köppen climate type:BWh : Hot deserts climate
Population:26,436 (2012)
Mindat Feature ID:289915
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:289915:2
GUID:44840eef-ecbc-464e-9f77-76a6dc29052a
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Mindat.org localities near to this feature


LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Umm Said, Qatar24° 59' 45" N51° 32' 56" E20.3km (12.6 miles)
Al-Nakhsh Member, Dam Formation, Qatar24° 52' 27" N50° 54' 12" E77.9km (48.4 miles)
Duhhan Sabkha (Dukhan Sabkha), Qatar25° 23' 38" N50° 50' 41" E80.2km (49.8 miles)
Dukhan, Qatar25° 25' 9" N50° 47' 31" E86.1km (53.5 miles)
Khatiyah meteorite, Dukhan, Qatar25° 25' 59" N50° 46' 59" E87.4km (54.3 miles)
Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia26° 16' 0" N50° 8' 59" E189.8km (117.9 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
Arabian PeninsulaPeninsula
Arabian PlateTectonic Plate
Rub' al Khali basin, Arabian PlateBasin
QatarCountry

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Qatar, Al Wakrah184.4.0.0.0.0
 
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