Al Meshaf () is a

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

district 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 Wakrah Al Wakrah () is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge touches the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital Doha is situated immediately north of the city. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassi ...

. In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 91, which has a population of 165,214 and also includes

Al Wukair Al Wukair () is a town in Qatar, located in Al Wakrah (municipality), Al Wakrah Municipality. It is 19 minutes away from Doha and is located near the city of Al Wakrah. It was previously a prominent fishing and pearling village. It was demarcated ...

and Al Thumama. It borders

to the east and

to the southwest.

Etymology

The district's name has its roots in 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 "shof", which is translated as "to elevate". It acquired this name due to its relatively high elevation when compared to the area surrounding it.

Education

The following schools are located in Al Mashaf:

References

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