Al Owaina (Arabic: لعوينة; also spelled Leawaina and Al Uwaynah) is a village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. The closest sizable settlement is the industrial city of Dukhan.[1]
Al Owaina
لعوينة | |
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Village | |
  Al Owaina Location in Qatar | |
| Coordinates: 25°26′30″N 50°57′29″E / 25.44165°N 50.95793°E | |
| Country | Qatar |
| Municipality | Al-Shahaniya |
Etymology edit
The name "Owaina" originated from the Arabic word "ain", which is the term used for a natural source of freshwater, and, in this case, was the name chosen for a nearby well after which the whole area derived its name from.[1]
Infrastructure edit
Hejen Racing Committee maintains a camel hospital in the village called Tharb Camel Hospital.[2][3] It is the first hospital of its kind in the country. The hospital doubles as a camel breeding center and is strategically located in the isolated west in order to avoid the negative effects of urbanization on the health of the camels.[4]
UrbaCon General Contracting carried out the Leawaina Majlis Project to the improve infrastructure of the village in 2012.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "GIS Portal". Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ Aminu Deen and El-Saaed El-Hassanein (September 2013). "A short note on Morphological aspects ofcamel embryos recovered from uterineflushing of superovulated female camels". Camel. 1 (2): 115–121. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ ""ذرب" نقلة عالمية" (in Arabic). Al Watan. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ David Harding (1 May 2017). "Qatar's prized racing camels bred for success". thenational.ae. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Health, Safety and Environment: Annual Report 2012" (PDF). UrbaCon General Contracting. 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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