Onaiza

Onaiza
عنيزة
District
The area of a new supermarket in Onaiza
Onaiza
Coordinates: 25°19′22″N 51°31′15″E / 25.32278°N 51.52083°E / 25.32278; 51.52083Coordinates: 25°19′22″N 51°31′15″E / 25.32278°N 51.52083°E / 25.32278; 51.52083
Country Qatar
Municipality Doha

Onaiza (Arabic: عنيزة‎) is a north-eastern district of Doha, Qatar.[1] It is located between Al Dafna, Qatar's emerging central business district, and Lusail, a development north of Doha which is set to hold 200,000 residents in the near future.

History

Onaiza housed Qatar's first airport in the 20th century. It had a one-room terminal and a dirt landing strip.[2]

The district has mostly developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a result of its proximity to Doha's new business district and its relative distance from the more congested centre of the city. Government officials have focused their efforts on developing Onaiza as northern Doha's new foreign embassy district.[3] The Embassy of India, Doha, which represents Qatar's largest nationality group, is based in this neighborhood.[4]

Education

The follows school(s) are located in Onaiza:

Name of SchoolCurriculumGradeGendersOfficial WebsiteRef
Lycée BonaparteInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothOfficial website[5]
The Lebanese SchoolInternationalKindergarten – SecondaryBothN/A[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Al-Othman, Nasser (1984). With their bare hands : the story of the oil industry in Qatar. Longman Group. p. 7. ISBN 0582783755.
  3. ↑ Dena Qaddumi & Ameena Ahmadi (28 April 2017). "Scaling down planning in Doha towards the neighborhood and its public realm". QScience Connect. Special Issue on Shaping Qatar's Sustainable Built Environment. 2017 (1). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Indian embassy premises at Onaiza to open on Monday". Gulf Times. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "French School Bonaparte". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Lebanese School". Supreme Education Council. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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