Muraikh () is a district of
Al Rayyan City in the municipality of
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
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 ...
.
Etymology
The district derives its name from "markh" (''
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
''Leptadenia pyrotechnica'' (; ) is the botanical name of a desert herb of the family Apocynaceae. It is widespread from Senegal to India. It is known as in Hindi and Urdu, and in Punjabi.L. R. Burdak (1982): Recent advances in desert afforesta ...
''), the local term used for a tree that grows abundantly in the area.
History
In 1908,
J.G. Lorimer documented Muraikh in the ''
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf
The ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia'' (nicknamed ''Lorimer'') is a two-volume encyclopedia compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The ''Gazetteer'' was published in secret by the British government in India in 1908 and 1915 a ...
'', giving its location as "9 miles west by south of
Doha
Doha ( ) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It ...
h". He mentioned the presence of a masonry well, 2 fathoms deep, which yielded good water.
Administration
When free elections of the
Central Municipal Council
The first municipal council in Qatar was formed in the early 1950s and it was reorganized in 1956. Doha Municipality, Doha municipality came into being in May 1963. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs was established in 1972 as a government body re ...
first took place in Qatar during 1999, Muraikh was designated the constituency seat of constituency no. 16.
It would remain constituency seat in the next three consecutive elections until the
fifth municipal elections in 2015, when it was made part of constituency no. 5. In the inaugural municipal elections in 1999, Nasser Fallah Al Dosari won the elections, receiving 40.4%, or 201 votes. Trailing behind Al Dosari was Ali Salem Al Suwaidi, who attained 34.5%, or 172 votes.
Salem Mohammed Al Nabat won the 2002 elections. In the
third municipal elections in 2007, Mohammed Salem Al Qamra was elected constituency representative. Al Qamra successfully retained his seat in the
2011 elections.
Landmarks
*Qatar Driving Learning Institute on Mohmmed bin Ahmed Street.
*Social Security Section of the Ministry of Social Affairs on Al Furousiya Street.
*Muraikh Valley Compound on Al Furousiya Street.
Education
The Dawhat Al Khair Centre for Quran Learning and Science is positioned inside the district.
The following schools are located in Muraikh:
References
External links
Muraikh at Geographic.org
Populated places in Al Rayyan
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