Fereej Al Asmakh

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

Fereej Al Asmakh

فريج عبد العزيز
District
Al Maamoun Street in Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh
Fereej Al Asmakh
Coordinates: 25.280442°N 51.533298°E / 25.280442; 51.533298
Country Qatar
MunicipalityAd-Dawhah
ZoneZone 5
District no.7
Area
  Total0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi)

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]

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. 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). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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