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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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