Er-Rayyan [1] ( Arabic: الريان ) is a city located in the eponymous municipality of Qatar . It is the second largest city of Qatar after the capital - Doha . According to the 2010 census, the number of residents of the city is 392,428 people [2] .
| City | |
| Er Rayyan | |
|---|---|
| Arab. الريان | |
| A country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Raiyan (municipality) |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 392,428 people ( 2010 ) |
Sport
There are two football teams in the city, Ar-Rayyan and Al-Garaf .
The Ahmed bin Ali city stadium [3] hosted some of the 2011 Asian Cup matches, which took place from January 7 to 29.
There is also Ar-Rayyan volleyball team , which took 2nd place at the Club World Cup in 2014, and a basketball team .
Notes
- ↑ States of the Arabian Peninsula // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 118-119. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Cities & Localities (inaccessible link)
- ↑ AFC Organizing Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011