Doha City Guide
Abu Hamour
A busy southern district known for its wholesale market and affordable rents.
- Municipality
- Al Rayyan
- Known for
- The wholesale market
- Character
- Affordable and central
About the area
Abu Hamour is best known for the wholesale market that gave it its nickname, and for being one of the more affordable places to rent within the ring roads. Housing runs to villas, older apartment blocks and staff accommodation, with everyday retail in easy reach.
Abu Hamour is named for the hamour, the grouper common in Qatari waters, and is better known locally as the wholesale market district. It is one of the more affordable places to rent inside the ring roads, with the Central Market and the Industrial Area both close by.
What's here
Al Mawaleh Central Market
Qatar's main wholesale market for produce and fish.
Doha Festival City
The nearest large mall, a short drive north.
Getting around
The Industrial Area lies about 11 km by road; the Green Line's southern stations serve the district.
The property market
Villas, older apartment blocks and staff accommodation, priced below the central average and let quickly because of it.
