al-Dawha
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Al-Dawha () is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of Bethlehem. Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to Qatar where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure. As a tribute to Qatar's funding, an area of Beit Jala was renamed Al-Dawha, a reference to the Qatari capital of Doha. In 1996, this area was officially converted into the city of Al-Dawha along with the formation of the new municipal council of Al-Dawha.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Dawha
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- الدوحة
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- ad Doha (official)
- Settlement.named_for
- Doha, capital of Qatar
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type C
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Dawha within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bethlehem
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Bethlehem Governorate
- Elevation
- 838
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Al-Dawha () is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of Bethlehem. Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to Qatar where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure. As a tribute to Qatar's funding, an area of Beit Jala was renamed Al-Dawha, a reference to the Qatari capital of Doha. In 1996, this area was officially converted into the city of Al-Dawha along with the formation of the new municipal council of Al-Dawha.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 12,752 in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “al-Dawha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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