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Madinat Khalifa North

Madinat Khalifa North is a north-western district of Doha, Qatar.

Madinat Khalifa North
Madinat Khalifa North · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Madinat Khalifa North is a north-western district of Doha, Qatar. It is one of the two sections of Madinat Khalifa, the other being Madinat Khalifa South. The district was developed in the 1970s by the Emir of Qatar at the time, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, primarily to serve as a residential district for Qatari families.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Madinat Khalifa North

10 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 SC Stadium

    The Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, also known as Qatar SC Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. Currently used mostly for football matches, it is home of the football team Qatar Sports Club.

    3.8 km · stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque

    Qatar State Mosque, also known as the Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque and the Grand Mosque of Doha, is the national mosque of Qatar. It is located in the Lejbailat district of the capital Doha.

    3.1 km · mosque in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Northwestern University in Qatar

    Northwestern University in Qatar, also known as Northwestern Qatar, is Northwestern University’s campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar, founded in partnership with the Qatar Foundation in 2008. Northwestern Qatar's campus offers a liberal arts and media education with undergraduate degrees awarded in communication, journalism, and strategic communication.

    3.4 km · university campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    1.8 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Education City Mosque

    The Education City Mosque, also known as the QFIS Mosque, is the national mosque of Education City Al Rayyan in Qatar. The mosque forms part of Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, located in the Minaretein building, on the campus of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

    3.3 km · mosque in 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.

    3.5 km · national university that specializes in academic applied, technical, and professional education in the State of Qatar · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Qatar Digital Library

    Qatar Digital Library is a bilingual online library which was launched as a joint venture by a partnership consisting of Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Library and the British Library in October 2014. QDL comprises one of the largest online collections of historic records on the Persian Gulf countries.

    3.8 km · digital library with topics related to Qatar · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    1.2 km · Shopping Mall in Qatar · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    2.1 km · shopping mall in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    1.2 km · shopping Mall in Qatar · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Madinat Khalifa North

Airports
Doha (DIA), 12 km · Hamad (DOH), 15 km · Bahrain (BAH), 134 km
Stations
Qatar National Library, 3.7 km · Al Rayyan/Al Quadeem, 3.5 km · Al Shaqab, 3.3 km
  • Manama → Madinat Khalifa North
    134 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · $30–41
  • Hofuf → Madinat Khalifa North
    190 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · SAR70–95
  • Ad Dammam → Madinat Khalifa North
    184 km · quickest by road, 5h · SAR90–120
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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 Madinat Khalifa North. 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

    1,651 km
  2. 02
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,667 km
  3. 03
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,704 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,717 km
  5. 05
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,809 km

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Around it

Next door to Madinat Khalifa North

Madinat Khalifa North is 7 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.