Ar Rayyan
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Ar Rayyan الريان |
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Capital • Coordinates |
Ar Rayyan • |
Population • Density |
272,583 (2004) • 305/km² |
Area • Districts |
893 km² • N/A |
ISO 3166-2 code | QA |
Ar Rayyan (Arabic: الريان) is a city and municipality of Qatar. Rayyan is also an Arabic unisex name. The football (soccer) team Al-Rayyan Sports Club is based here.
Ar Rayyan is the only landlocked municipality of Qatar. It borders the following municipalities:
- Umm Salal - northeast
- Ad Dawhah - east
- Al Wakrah - southeast
- Jariyan al Batnah - southwest
- Al Jumaliyah - northwest
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