Al Seej | |
Native Name: | السيج |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Qatar |
Coordinates: | 25.3218°N 51.3742°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 37 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Al Rayyan |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Zone 51 |
Subdivision Type3: | District no. |
Subdivision Name3: | 52 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.8 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Al Seej (ar|السيج|As Sīq; also spelled Al Seeq) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.[3] [4]
In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 51 which has a population of 56,027 and also includes Izghawa, Gharrafat Al Rayyan, Al Gharrafa, Rawdat Egdaim, Bani Hajer and Al Themaid.[3]
It borders Bani Hajer to the east, Al Wajbah to the south, Rawdat Al Jahanniya to the west, and Rawdat Egdaim to the north.[4]
The district's name has its origins in the Arabic word "saq", which refers to a tree trunk. As the area is situated in a rawda, it accommodated various flora, among which Ziziphus nummularia, locally known as "sidr", was most valued because of the use of its trunks as building material.[4]