Al Wakrah

Al Wakrah is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah’s eastern edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar’s capital Doha is situated to the city’s immediate north. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, it was originally a small fishing and pearling village.

Situated off the Persian Gulf to its immediate east, Al Wakrah is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the capital Doha, 72 km (45 mi) south of Al Khor, 21 km (13 mi) north of Mesaieed, 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Umm Salal Mohammed, and 100 km (62 mi) southeast of Dukhan.Roughly 112 hectares (280 acres) of mangroves are found just off Al Wakrah’s coast.