page_title: Madinat Al Kaaban
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Madinat Al Kaaban / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Old garden in Al Mashrab, Qatar, near Madinat Al Kaaban.
context_page_description: Madinat Al Kaaban is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal. It is near the border with Al Khor Municipality.
context_section_description: Madinat Al Kaaban has historically been inhabited by the Al-Kaabi tribe. To the north-east of the village is Waab Al Mashrab, a now-abandoned village. Waab Al Mashrab was likely built around the 1950s and was also mainly inhabited by the Al-Kaabi tribe, but the village was abandoned in 1976 amidst the government's efforts to resettle rural Qataris to urban areas. Some of its inhabitants moved to Madinat Al Kaaban. Now in ruins, Waab Al Mashrab has approximately 50 houses, a mosque, a school and several farms.
  Qatar's capital city, Doha, is about 65 km south from the village while Madinat ash Shamal is roughly 35 km to the north-west.
caption: Old garden in Waab Al Mashrab, near Madinat Al Kaaban.
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