Al Owaina

Al Owaina (Arabic: لعوينة‎; also spelled Leawaina and Al Uwaynah) is a village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. The closest sizable settlement is the industrial city of Dukhan.[1]

Al Owaina

لعوينة
Village
Al Owaina
Location in Qatar
Coordinates: 25.44165°N 50.95793°E / 25.44165; 50.95793
CountryQatar
MunicipalityAl-Shahaniya

Etymology

The name "Owaina" originated from the Arabic word "ain", which is the term used for a natural source of freshwater, and, in this case, was the name chosen for a nearby well after which the whole area derived its name from.[1]

Infrastructure

Hejen Racing Committee maintains a camel hospital in the village called Tharb Camel Hospital.[2][3] It is the first hospital of its kind in the country. The hospital doubles as a camel breeding center and is strategically located in the isolated west in order to avoid the negative effects of urbanization on the health of the camels.[4]

UrbaCon General Contracting carried out the Leawaina Majlis Project to the improve infrastructure of the village in 2012.[5]

References
  1. "GIS Portal". Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. Aminu Deen and El-Saaed El-Hassanein (September 2013). "A short note on Morphological aspects ofcamel embryos recovered from uterineflushing of superovulated female camels". Camel: An international Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 1 (2): 115–121. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. "«ذرب» نقلة عالمية" (in Arabic). Al Watan. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. David Harding (1 May 2017). "Qatar's prized racing camels bred for success". thenational.ae. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. "Health, Safety and Environment: Annual Report 2012" (PDF). UrbaCon General Contracting. 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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