Bolkly | |
Native Name: | بولكلى |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Alexandria |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Alexandria |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.233°N 29.9576°W |
Postal Code: | 21531 |
Bolkly (بولكلى ) is a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The neighborhood is officially named Bulkeley, written as Bolkly. In speech however, the name has been modified over generations into a more pronounceable one for the local tongue, "Bokla" (بوكلا).
The neighbourhood is named after H. Bulkeley, one of the founders of the Strada Ferrata tra Alessandria e Ramleh company, which created the first electric tramway line in Alexandria. Other neighbourhoods of Alexandria also bear names of its railway system's founders (Shods, Fleming, Stanley).[1]