Al Daayen (village)

Al Daayen Village
الضعاين
Village
Aerial view of Al Daayen in 2017
Aerial view of Al Daayen in 2017
Al Daayen Village is located in Qatar
Al Daayen Village
Al Daayen Village
Al Daayen Village
Coordinates: 25°34′01″N 51°29′05″E / 25.56694°N 51.48472°E / 25.56694; 51.48472
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAl Daayen
ZoneZone 70
District no.124
Area
[1]
 • Total
12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)

Al Daayen (Arabic: الضعاين [ALA-LC: al-Ḍaʻāyin; Wehr: aḍ-ḍaʿāyin]; also spelled as الظعاين [ALA-LC: al-Ẓaʻāyin; Wehr: aẓ-ẓaʿāyin]) is a Qatari village in the municipality of Al Daayen.[2][3] Prior to the discovery of oil and natural gas, it was one of the larger fishing and pearling villages on Qatar's east coast.

Etymology

Two theories are offered for the village's name. According to the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, the name is derived from the Arabic word dhaayen, which roughly translates to "travel". It was given this name in reference to the Qatari tribes who abandoned the village and traveled elsewhere in search of water and suitable pasture.[4] The second theory, given in the Encyclopedia of Qatari Information, states that the name is derived from an Arabic term used to denote a place for camels to rest.[5]

History

J.G. Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf gives an account of the village of Al Daayen in 1908:

A village on the eastern coast of Qatar about 20 miles north of Doha. It is closely connected with the village of Simaisma, which is distant from it only about 1 mile westwards. Dha'ain consists of about 150 houses, mostly of Al Bu Kuwarah [Kuwari] with some of Hamaidat [Humaidi] and a few of Madhahakah. About 70 pearl boats belong to the place, besides 10 trading vessels and 10 fishing boats. Transport animals are 10 horses and 60 camels. Drinking water is from 'Awainat Bin-Husain, 6 miles inland.[6]

Lorimer also notes that a man named Ahmed bin Salman committed piracy off the coast of Al Daayen in 1902.[7]

References

  1. ^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Al Daayen Municipality". Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ^ Amer, Ismail; Al-'Arifi, Saleh; Babiker, Ahmad Abdullah; Al-Nasr, Bassam; Abdul Karim, Nidham; Al-Kuwari, Fatima; Al-Shayb, Ali Ibrahim; Aziz, Mohammed Al-Khuzami; Fakhro, Nasser Abdulrahman; Al-Kuwari, Mohammed Khalifa (1998). Al-Khayyat, Hassan; Al-Emadi, Hassan Darwish (eds.). موسوعة المعلومات القطرية - المجلد الجغرافي [Encyclopedia of Qatari Information - The Geographical Volume] (in Arabic). Doha: College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Qatar. p. 26.
  6. ^ "'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [491] (522/1050)". Qatar Digital Library. Retrieved 28 July 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part II: Geographical and descriptive materials, Section II: Western Side of the Gulf' [58v] (116/280)". Qatar Digital Library. Retrieved 21 August 2018.


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