Abu Al Qararis (; also spelled Abu Al Gararees and Abu Al Qararees) is a village 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 Khor Al Khor (; also spelled ''Al Khawr''), officially Al Khor and Al Thakhira, is a Municipalities of Qatar, municipality in northeastern Qatar. Al Khor (city), Al Khor City, the municipal seat, is located on the northeast coast of Qatar, around f ...

. It is located next to the village of

Umm Qarn Umm Qarn () is a Qatar, Qatari village in the municipalities of Qatar, municipality of Al Daayen. Located just off Al Shamal Highway, the village hosts the municipal office and currently serves as the municipality's administrative seat. The set ...

Etymology

"Abu" in

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 ...

means "father", being used in this context as a prefix for a prominent feature. The second constituent, "qararis", translates to "insect bites"; it attained this name as a result of high propensity of

mosquito Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a Family (biology), family of small Diptera, flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word ''mosquito'' (formed by ''Musca (fly), mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish and Portuguese for ''little fly''. Mos ...

es that would bite people who wandered through this area.

Infrastructure

An annual

falconry Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...

championship has been held in Abu Al Qararis since 2013 by the

Al Thakhira Al Thakhira () is a town on the coast of the Al Khor (municipality), Al Khor municipality in Qatar, about northeast of the city of Al Khor (city), Al Khor City and from the capital Doha. Al Thakhira is closely affiliated with Al Khor City, both ...

Youth Center. The annual Qatari Heritage Festival is also held in Abu Al Qararis. Activities at the festival include theatrical performances and educational workshops on birds, particularly falcons.

References

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