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Rawdat Egdaim

District in Al Rayyan, Qatar

Rawdat Egdaim روضة اقديم
District
Thaghab Al Mayeda Street in Rawdat Egdaim
25°19′51″N 51°22′49″E / 25.3307°N 51.3803°E / 25.3307; 51.3803
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Al Rayyan
Zone	Zone 51
District no.	51
Area ^[1]
• Total	12.7 km² (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	33 m (108 ft)

Rawdat Egdaim (Arabic: روضة اقديم; also spelled Rawdat Ekdaim) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.^[3]^[4]

In the 2015 census it was listed as a district of Zone 51, with a population of 56,027. It includes Izghawa, Gharrafat Al Rayyan, Al Gharrafa, Al Seej, Bani Hajer and Al Themaid.^[3]

It is bordered to the south by Bani Hajer and to the east by Gharrafat Al Rayyan. To the north is Umm Salal Municipality.^[4]

Etymology

The first word of the district's name has its roots in the Arabic term "rawda", which means "a fertile depression that is usually rich in vegetation". Typically, these depressions are excellent sites for grazing livestock. "Egdaim", the second part of the name, is an alternate spelling of "aqdaim", which itself originates from "qadam", the Arabic word for "foot". This name was bestowed on the area because the rawda has a foot-like shape.^[4]

References

^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ "Rawdat Egdaim, Zone 51, Qatar on the Elevation Map". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 1 January 2019.