The word "sailiya" is derived from the Arabic term "sayl", which translates as "to flow". It gained this name from the fact that part of the district is situated in a rawda which acts as a floodplain.[4]
History
J.G. Lorimer's wrote an account of Al Sailiya in 1908 in his Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. He describes it as a "stage on the route from Hofuf to Dohah" and states that it lies 13 miles south-west from Doha. He also remarked on the presence of a masonry well yielding good water.[5]
In 2000, the US opened a military base in Al Sailiya at a cost of $110 million. There are roughly 27 warehouses with a combined storage space of around 1.6 million square feet. The US Army established 10 km of roads in the facility.[7] It was closed in June 2021.[8]
Sports
Al-Sailiya SC, a multi-sports club best known for its football team, has its headquarters in the district.[9] There is also a small neighborhood (fereej) stadium in the district administered by the Qatar Olympic Committee, known as Fereej Al Sailiya Stadium.[6]
^"2015 Population census"(PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. April 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^"District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2019.