Mehairja (; also spelled Mehairqa) is a district in

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

, located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Al Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipalities of Qatar, municipality in Qatar. Its primary settlement is the Al Rayyan (city), city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Do ...

. In the 2015 census it was listed as a district of Zone 54, which has a population of 24,593 and also includes

Baaya Baaya (; also spelled as Baaja) is a district in the municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar. It is one of the more developed districts in Al Rayyan, hosting Villaggio Mall, Aspire Park, and the Aspire Zone, all of which run along Al Waab Street. Etym ...

, Muraikh, Luaib,

Fereej Al Soudan Fereej Al Soudan () is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It is mainly a residential area. In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 55 which has a population of 283,675 and also includes Bu Sidra, Al Azi ...

, and Fereej Al Amir. It borders Fereej Al Soudan to the east,

Al Waab Al Waab () is a district in the municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar. The district has witnessed tremendous growth beginning in the mid-1990s, resulting in the construction of numerous residential compounds to house expatriates, villas, and commerc ...

and

Al Aziziya Al Aziziya () is a district in the municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar, located on the outskirts of Doha, in Zone 55, Qatar, Zone 55. Landmarks *The Qatar Center for Voluntary Activities was established in the district in July 2001. It encourages ...

to the south, Muraikh and Luaib to the north and Baaya to the west.

Etymology

The district derives its name from the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

word "mahraqa", meaning "burnt". It was so named for its dark-colored soil and for the dark-colored leaves apparent on trees growing in the region which give the impression that its entire landscape had been charred in the past.

References

Populated places in Al Rayyan {{Qatar-geo-stub