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project in 2017. As part of the project, a solar power plant with a production capacity of 500 MW was planned to be inaugurated by 2020. Costs of the projects were predicted to be upwards of $ 500 million. The plant was commissioned in October 2022 with a nameplate capacity of 800 MW as Qatar's first
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The village has 30 houses, half of which are inhabited full-time, and the other half of which are inhabited only on the weekends by locals who spend most of their time in Doha. Public services are limited. There are two primary schools; one for boys and one for girls.
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In July 1985, the government announced it had begun a campaign to distribute fresh water to rural villages in Qatar suffering from water shortages. As part of this campaign, QAR 5,000 was allocated towards water distribution in Al Kharsaah.
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Al Kharsaah has a very low elevation and there is a small amount of vegetation. Locals speculate that the area was the site of a
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The Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) designated land in Al Kharsaah for a major
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camping ground and notes that there is good water at 18 fathoms in a masonry well.
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Sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula drawn in 1935 depicting Al Kharsaah
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Al Kharsaah is located in Qatar
25°16′16″N 50°58′05″E / 25.2712°N 50.9680°E / 25.2712; 50.9680
Qatar
Qatar
Municipality
Al-Shahaniya

Arabic
Qatar
municipality
Al-Shahaniya
Doha
Umm Bab
Umm Taqa
Qatar International Rally
J.G. Lorimer
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf
Bedouin
meteorite impact
solar power
Al Kharsaah at placesmap.net
"Al Kharsaah, Zone 85, Qatar on the Elevation Map"
"خرسعة الأجداد تعاني الإهمال"
"Abu Dhabi Racing heading to Qatar International Rally with 6 cars"
"'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908' [1522] (1637/2084)"
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"الخرسعــــــــة روضة خلابة زهراتها البشرية بمدرسة من «بـــــــــــــــورت كابن»"
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