Al Seej

District in Al Rayyan, Qatar

Al Seej السيج
District
Jaww Al Markh Street in Al Seej
25°19′19″N 51°22′27″E / 25.321845°N 51.374191°E / 25.321845; 51.374191
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Al Rayyan
Zone	Zone 51
District no.	52
Area ^[1]
• Total	5.8 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	37 m (121 ft)

Al Seej (Arabic: السيج, romanized: As Sīq; also spelled Al Seeq) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.^[3]^[4]

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.^[3]

It borders Bani Hajer to the east, Al Wajbah to the south, Rawdat Al Jahanniya to the west, and Rawdat Egdaim to the north.^[4]

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.^[4]

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.
^ ^a ^b "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2019.