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Duhail

Duhail is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Doha.

Duhail
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The place

Duhail is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Doha. The district's northern half accommodates the main base of the Internal Security Forces as well as Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, which serves as the home grounds for Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail SC.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Duhail

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Qatar University

    Qatar University is a public research university located on the northern outskirts of Doha, Qatar. It is the only public university in the country.

    3.6 km · public university in Qatar · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Thani bin Jassim Stadium

    The Thani bin Jassim Stadium, also known as the Al-Gharafa Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

    2.8 km · multi-purpose stadium in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan, Qatar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lekhwiya Sports Stadium

    The Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, formerly known as Duhail Stadium, is a football stadium in Doha, Qatar.

    2.6 km · association football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Duhail Handball Sports Hall

    Duhail Handball Sports Hall is an indoor sports arena based in the suburb of Duhail in Doha, Qatar. It was built to host matches of the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.

    2.5 km · sports arena in Qatar · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Al-Markhiya Stadium

    Al-Markhiya Stadium is a football stadium in the Al Markhiya district of Doha, Qatar. The football team Al-Markhiya SC play there.

    3.3 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    University of Doha for Science and Technology

    The University of Doha for Science and Technology is a public institution of higher education in Qatar, established by Amiri Decision No. 13 of 2022.

    1.9 km · national university that specializes in academic applied, technical, and professional education in the State of Qatar · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Landmark Mall

    Landmark Mall, also Landmark Regional Shopping Center, was a shopping mall in Alexandria, Virginia. Located in a triangle formed by Duke Street, I-395, and Van Dorn Street, the mall opened as Landmark Center in 1965, closed in 2017, and was demolished in 2022.

    1.7 km · Shopping Mall in Qatar · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Al Hazm Mall

    AlHazm Mall is a luxury shopping mall located in the Al Markhiya district of Doha, Qatar. It opened in 2017 and was constructed at an estimated cost of $820 million.

    3.5 km · shopping mall in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Landmark Mall Doha

    Landmark Mall is a shopping mall located in Al Gharrafa, west of Doha, Qatar along Al Shamal road. Developed by the Business Trading Company, the mall officially opened in 2000, making it one of the earliest modern malls in Qatar.

    1.7 km · shopping Mall in Qatar · Wikipedia

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Getting to Duhail

Airports
Doha (DIA), 14 km · Hamad (DOH), 16 km · Bahrain (BAH), 132 km
  • Manama → Duhail
    131 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · $30–41
  • Hofuf → Duhail
    189 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · SAR70–95
  • Ad Dammam → Duhail
    182 km · quickest by road, 5h · SAR90–120
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Duhail

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Duhail. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundHowever, hitchhiking always has its risks, and it is not an advisable practice for solo women.
  • Go nextHead west to see the camel races, and then visit the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum in Al Shahaniyah.
  • Go nextDrive south to visit the Dhow Harbour in Al Wakrah, and then hit the beach and go dune bashing near Mesaieed.

From Wikivoyage: Doha, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,650 km
  2. 02
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,665 km
  3. 03
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,701 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,715 km
  5. 05
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,807 km

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Around it

Next door to Duhail

Duhail is 10 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.