Overview
Dukhan is a city in the western municipality of Al-Shahaniya in the State of Qatar. Dukhan is administrated by Qatar’s state oil agency QatarEnergy and is the site of the first oil discovery in Qatar. It was previously a part of Al Rayyan municipality.
Zakreet is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan. Originally a sparsely populated area, There are a number of visitor attractions and old ruins at the site, one of the most notable being Zekreet Fort, which is housed to the immediate north of the village.