Umm Al Zubar East
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Umm Al Zubar East
أم الزبار الشرقية | |
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Village | |
  Umm Al Zubar East Location in Qatar | |
| Coordinates: 25°10′26″N 51°16′10″E / 25.17389°N 51.26944°E | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Al-Shahaniya |
| Zone | Zone 82 |
| District no. | 487 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.9 sq mi (17.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 138 ft (42 m) |
Umm Al Zubar East (Arabic: أم الزبار الشرقية, romanized: Umm az Zubār ash Sharqīyah; also known as Umm Al Zubar Al Sharqiya) is a village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. Hundreds of people live in the village.[3]
In Arabic, umm is translated to "mother", and is a common prefix attached to a name in order to signify a geographical feature. The landscape is typified by small mounds, which is what the Arabic term zubar refers to. The "east" (or sharqiya) portion of its name was given due to it being east of the rawda (depression) from which it derives its name, Umm Al Zubar, and also so that it could be differentiated from a larger village lying to the immediate west called Umm Al Zubar Al Qibliya.[4]
