Rawdat Al Hamama
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Rawdat Al Hamama
روضة الحمام | |
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Village | |
 View of 1330 Street in Rawdat Al Hamama | |
  Rawdat Al Hamama | |
| Coordinates: 25°26′46″N 51°28′7″E / 25.44611°N 51.46861°E | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Al Daayen |
| Zone | Zone 70 |
| District no. | 119 |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.3 km2 (5.9 sq mi) |
Rawdat Al Hamama (Arabic: روضة الحمام, romanized: Rawḑat al Hamama) is a Qatari village in the municipality of Al Daayen.[2][3] It is located between two major highways: Al Khor Expressway and Al Shamal Road.[4] The government has launched major developments in the village, including a housing subdivision with a target capacity of 30,000 residents.[5]
The first part of its name, rawdat, is the Arabic term used for a depression. Hamāma is Arabic for dove.[6]
Geography
History
J.G. Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, written in 1908, has an entry for Rawdat Al Hamama, referring to it simply as "Al Hamāma". He gives its location as 12 miles north of Doha and 2 from the east coast. Few details are offered of it, except that it is a camping ground for Bedouins and has a masonry well which yields brackish water at 2 fathoms deep.[8]
Infrastructure
There are hundreds of residential housing units in the village. Car accidents are common in the area due to a lack of light poles and the narrowness of the roads, some of which are unpaved.[9] In 2017, the government carried out infrastructure works in the village which witnessed improvements made to its roughly 19.5 kilometres (12.1 mi) road system as part of the first stage of construction. In addition to paving several streets, approximately 330 road signs and 790 light poles were put in place. A drainage system of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) was also installed. The value of contracts handed out for the first phase was QR 345 million.[4]
