| Umm Ebairiya أم عبيرية | |
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| Village | |
 188 Street in Umm Ebairiya | |
  Umm Ebairiya | |
| Coordinates: 25°29′00″N 51°23′00″E / 25.48333°N 51.38333°E / 25.48333; 51.38333 | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Umm Salal |
| Zone | Zone 71 |
| District no. | 131 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.1 km (2.7 sq mi) |
Umm Ebairiya (Arabic: أم عبيرية, romanized: Umm ‘Ābirīyah) is a Qatari village in the municipality of Umm Salal.
In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 71, which has a population of 90,835 and also includes all of Umm Salal's other administrative districts.
It borders Umm Al Amad to the east, Umm Salal Ali to the southeast and Saina Al-Humaidi to the northeast.
Etymology
"Umm" means mother in Arabic and is commonly used as a prefix for geographical features. The second component, "ebairiya", comes from "obri", the local name of a type of Sidr tree that grows abundantly in the region.
Alternative transliterations of the name include Umm ‘Ubayrīyah, Umm Obairiya, Umm A'birieh and Umm Abiriyah.
References
- "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- "Umm 'Ābirīyah: Qatar". geographic.org. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- "الأسماء الجغرافية لأماكن دولة قطر" (in Arabic). Qatar Historical Encyclopedia. 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- "Umm 'Ubayrīyah". geonames.org. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- "Umm 'Ābirīyah". geoview.info. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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| Capital: Umm Salal Ali | |||||
| Zone 71 |
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