Al-Doho | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Saudi Arabia |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Riyadh |
Subdivision Name3: | Old Riyadh |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Native Name: | حي الدحو |
Governing Body: | Baladiyah al-Batha |
Demographics Type1: | Language |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Arabic |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Area Total Km2: | 0.08151 |
Al-Doho, formerly Haara al-Hilla[1] and alternatively transliterated as al-Daho or al-Dahu, is a historic neighborhood situated within the former old city walls of southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the Qasr al-Hukm District of al-Batʼha sub-municipality.[2] It is the only neighborhood from the walled town that is independently administered by the Riyadh Municipality, whereas the rest of extinct settlements lie in the adjacent ad-Dirah district.
Bordered by King Faisal Road to the east, al-Thumairi Street to the north, al-Madinah al-Munawwarah Road to the south and Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Street to the west, it is considered to be one of the last remnants of the old city neighborhoods.[3] [4] The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (then The High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh) presented the plan to resuscitate the neighborhood in 2010[5] at the 2010 Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market and began its implementation 2013.[6]