Rawdat Rashed
Rawdat Rashed
روضة راشد | |
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Village | |
Rawdat Rashed | |
| Coordinates: 25°19′10″N 51°21′12″E / 25.31944°N 51.35333°E | |
| Country | Qatar |
| Municipality | Al-Shahaniya |
| Zone | Zone 82 |
| District no. | 492 |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi) |
Rawdat Rashed (Arabic: روضة راشد, romanized: Rawḑat Rāshid) is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It was demarcated in 1988. The Dahl Al Misfir cave is located to its south.
Located in central Qatar, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the capital Doha, the village was once of considerable size but lost much of its population due to government initiatives to resettle the country's rural population in Doha in the mid-to-late 20th century. The region in which the village lies is extremely arid and, thus, was historically sparsely populated. Previously, it was accessible only through unpaved desert roads.