Lebday

District in Al Rayyan, Qatar

Lebday لبديع
District
View of Tivoli Group headquarters in Lebday
25°18′16″N 51°27′48″E / 25.304476°N 51.463459°E / 25.304476; 51.463459
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Al Rayyan
Zone	Zone 52
District no.	64
Area ^[1]
• Total	2.4 km² (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	26 m (85 ft)

Lebday (Arabic: لبديع; also spelled as Libdayya) is a Qatari district located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.^[3]^[4]

In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of zone no. 52 which has a population of 18,433 and also includes Al Shagub, Old Al Rayyan, Fereej Al Zaeem, and Al Luqta.^[3]

It borders Old Al Rayyan to the west and south, Al Messila and Madinat Khalifa South in Doha to the east, and Al Luqta to the north.^[4]

Etymology

Lebday's name comes from the Arabic term "al baday", which itself originates from "badaa", meaning "to invent". This name was chosen for the area because when the first settlers discovered this previously uninhabited region, they 'invented' a settlement, in a sense.^[4]

Transport

The Al Rayyan Al Qadeem station in Lebday currently serves as the Green Line of the Doha Metro.^[5] The station was opened to the public on 10 December, 2019 along with the other Green Line stations.^[6] It is located on Al Rayyan Al Qadeem Street in Lebday, near the border with Old Al Rayyan.^[7]

The station currently has no metrolinks.^[8] Facilities on the premises include restrooms and a prayer room.^[7]

References

^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ "Lebday, Zone 52, Qatar on the Elevation Map". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2015 population census" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "QAR Metro". arcgis.com. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ "All Doha Metro lines open for public". The Peninsula. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Plan My Journey Map". Qatar Rail. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Metrolink". Qatar Rail. Retrieved 16 December 2019.