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District in Al Rayyan, Qatar

Umm Al Afaei

Umm Al Afaei is a rural district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.

The place

Umm Al Afaei is a rural district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Umm Al Afaei

3 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
    Ahmad bin Ali Stadium

    The new Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, popularly known as Al-Rayyan Stadium, is an association football stadium located in the district of Rawdat Al Jahhaniya, Qatar, around 9 kilometres northwest from the centre of Al Rayyan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home to Al-Rayyan Sports Club.

    2.3 km · stadium at Al Rayyan, Qatar · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mall of Qatar

    The Mall of Qatar is a shopping mall that opened on 10 December 2016 in the Rawdat Al Jahhaniya district of Al Rayyan, Qatar. The mall was constructed by UCC Holding, a subsidiary of Power International Holding.

    3 km · shopping mall in Al Rayyan, Qatar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ahmed bin Ali Stadium (original)

    The original Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, popularly known as the Al-Rayyan Stadium, was an association football stadium located in the district of Rawdat Al Jahhaniya, Qatar, around 9 kilometres northwest from the centre of Al Rayyan. It was used mostly for football matches and it was the home to Al-Rayyan Sports Club.

    2.3 km · stadium in Al Rayyan, 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 Umm Al Afaei

Airports
Doha (DIA), 25 km · Hamad (DOH), 29 km · Bahrain (BAH), 124 km
Stations
Al Riffa station, 3.2 km
  • Manama → Umm Al Afaei
    137 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · $30–41
  • Hofuf → Umm Al Afaei
    203 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · SAR80–110
  • Ad Dammam → Umm Al Afaei
    188 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · SAR90–120
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Umm Al Afaei

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 Umm Al Afaei. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundTo follow the camel races or to explore the area, it's best to have your own vehicle.

From Wikivoyage: Al Shahaniyah, 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

    1,637 km
  2. 02
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,653 km
  3. 03
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,697 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,702 km
  5. 05
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,804 km

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Around it

Next door to Umm Al Afaei

Umm Al Afaei is 21 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.