Al Seej
Al Seej (Arabic: السيج, romanized: As Sīq; also spelled Al Seeq) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.
In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 51 which has a population of 56,027 and also includes Izghawa, Gharrafat Al Rayyan, Al Gharrafa, Rawdat Egdaim, Bani Hajer and Al Themaid.
It borders Bani Hajer to the east, Al Wajbah to the south, Rawdat Al Jahanniya to the west, and Rawdat Egdaim to the north.
Etymology
The district's name has its origins in the Arabic word "saq", which refers to a tree trunk. As the area is situated in a rawda, it accommodated various flora, among which Ziziphus nummularia, locally known as "sidr", was most valued because of the use of its trunks as building material.
References
- ^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Al Seej, Zone 51, Qatar on the Elevation Map". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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