New Al Mirqab
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| native_name = المرقاب الجديد
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| subdivision_name1 = Ad Dawhah
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| subdivision_name2 = Zone 39
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New Al Mirqab ({{langx|ar|المرقاب الجديد|Al-Mirqāb al-Jadīdah}}; also referred to as Al Mirqab Al Jadeed) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah.{{cite web|url=https://www.mdps.gov.qa/ar/knowledge/Publications/Other/Census%202015.pdf|title=2015 population census|publisher=Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics|accessdate=29 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://geoportal.gisqatar.org.qa/qmape/index.html|title=District map|publisher=The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar|accessdate=30 December 2018}}
Together with Al Sadd and Fereej Al Nasr, it makes up Zone 39 which has 23,853 people in it.
Etymology
The district derives its name from Al Mirqab district. An Arabic word, mirqab originates from "muraqabah", which in English translates to "watching". This name was given in reference to a historic watchtower from which people would identify incoming ships and survey the sea.{{cite journal|last1=Fletcher|first1=Richard|last2=Carter|first2=Robert A.|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039439/1/Carter_MappingDoha_accepted.pdf|title=Mapping the Growth of an Arabian Gulf Town: the case of Doha, Qatar|journal=Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient|volume=60|issue=4|page=24|doi=10.1163/15685209-12341432|date=12 May 2017|accessdate=10 June 2024}}
See also
- Al Mirqab, also known as Fereej Al Mirqab
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