Umm Bab (Arabic: أم باب) is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya.

The 'gateway' portion of the name refers to a narrow path or opening in the area surrounded by two small hills which resemble a gateway.

The housing village had approximately 50 households and a population of about 1,000 by 1990, most of which belonged to members of the Al Murrah tribe who were employed by Qatar Petroleum.

[11] Umm Bab is situated on the Dukhan anticline, a group of folds which runs in a NNW to SSE direction parallel with the western coast.

[12] Common vegetation found in Umm Bab include date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) on the coast,[13] alaqool (Alhagi maurorum) in disturbed sandy soils,[14] arta (Calligonum comosum) in sand dunes,[15] shawla (Reseda arabica),[16] halaq (Astragalus annularis),[17] qalam (Arthrocaulon macrostachyum) in salt marshes,[18] torba (Silene conica) rarely on the side of the highway,[19] and hadh (Cornulaca aucheri).

[22] The Umm Bab Coastal Center was opened in May 2017 by The Ministry of Interior's General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security.

[24] Furthermore, north of Umm Bab is massive quantities of silica sand, which is used in the blending of cement and in construction.

[33] In July 2018, a resident alerted archaeologists to the first inland rock art site in the country near Umm Bab.