Fereej Al Asmakh

Fereej Al Asmakh
فريج عبد العزيز
District
Al Maamoun Street in Fereej Al Asmakh
Al Maamoun Street in Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh is located in Doha
Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh is located in Qatar
Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh
Coordinates: 25°16′50″N 51°32′00″E / 25.280442°N 51.533298°E / 25.280442; 51.533298
CountryQatar Qatar
MunicipalityAd-Dawhah
ZoneZone 5
District no.7
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi)

Fereej Al Asmakh (Arabic: فريج الأصمخ, romanized: Farīj al-'Aṣmakh) is a Qatari district located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. Administratively, it is part of Zone 5, along with Al Najada and Barahat Al Jufairi.[2][3]

It is one of the smaller and older districts of Doha. As such, the district is considered as a good example of Qatar's cultural identity, which has led to several development programs by the government to rehabilitate its dilapidated structures.[4]

Etymology

In Arabic, fereej translates to "neighborhood", while the Al-Asmakh portion of the name refers to one of the area's first major landowners.[5]

References

  1. ^ "District Area Map". Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. ^ Djamel Boussaa (18 March 2014). "Al Asmakh historic district in Doha, Qatar: from an urban slum to living heritage". Journal of Architectural Conservation. 20 (1): 2–15. doi:10.1080/13556207.2014.888815. S2CID 109736065. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Richard; Carter, Robert A. (12 May 2017). "Mapping the Growth of an Arabian Gulf Town: the case of Doha, Qatar" (PDF). Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 60 (4): 25. doi:10.1163/15685209-12341432. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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