Dokki ( , is one of nine districts that make up
Giza
Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of ...
city, which is part of
Greater Cairo
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, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the
Nile
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, directly across from
Downtown Cairo
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. It is a vital residential and commercial district with major roads connecting the two parts of Greater Cairo.
History
Dokki used to be a village on a mostly royal and state-owned agricultural estate held under ''
waqf
A (; , plural ), also called a (, plural or ), or ''mortmain'' property, is an Alienation (property law), inalienable charitable financial endowment, endowment under Sharia, Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot ...
'' (endowment) until the early 20th Century along with ''
'izbas'' (hamlets) such as Awlad 'Allam, Bein al-Sarayat and Dayr al-Nahya, surrounding the palace of princess Fatima, granddaughter of
Khedieve Ismail. A renewed and expanded bridge and a real estate boom saw the land on Cairo's western bank being sold to property developers and subdivided into new suburban villa neighbourhoods. One of these companies was Société Anonyme Immobiliere des Terrains de Giza & Rodah which acquired the land around what is today Midan Finney, and after initial bankruptcy in 1910, started developing the land under new owner, Oswald Finney, in the 1930s. The
Ministry of Awqaf was responsible for much of the urban sub-divisions in its northern part when its chief architect
Mahmoud Riad planned
Madinat al-Awqaf in 1948.
These developments and hamlets made up most of the Wasat (middle) district in the city of
Giza
Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of ...
, before being divided in 1997 into the districts of Dokki (developments, hamlets and southern half of Madinat al-Awqaf, reflected in the names of the sub-districts, ''see Demographics below''), and
Agouza to the north with the northern half of Madinat al-Awqaf known colloquially today as
Mohandessin.
A theory about its name is that the name originated from the Dokki family, which inhabited this region since ancient times and came to it from Upper Egypt and resided in it, then soon moved to the countryside in Menoufia.
Many Cairene landmarks are located in Dokki, the German school
Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Kairo (DEO) and the embassies of many countries including Russia, Somalia, France, Chad, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Dokki is home to approximately 56 foreign embassies, a number surpassed only by the
Zamalek
Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...
district. King
Idris of Libya
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died at the Palace in Dokki in 1983.
Demographics and sub-districts
In 2017, Dokki had a population of 70,926 people (35,750 male, 35,176 female).
It is sub-divided into six shiakhas as follows:
Education
The Dokki neighborhood is also called the "Schools District", where there are about 102 schools that represent all types of schools (government - private - experimental - languages). In addition to that, there is also
eutsche Evangelische Oberschule*The
Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule
''Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule'' (DEO; ) (''German Evangelical High School'') is a German school in Dokki, Giza, Egypt, in the Cairo metropolitan area. is located in Dokki.
*The Pakistan International School of Cairo was formerly in Dokki.
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" Pakistan International School Cairo. Retrieved on 21 April 2015. "12 Midan Tehran, Dokki, Cairo."
Transport
The Dokki district currently has 2
Cairo Metro
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stations (Bohooth & Dokki) both are parts of
line 2.
In addition to that 1 station from the under development
line 3 will be on the Gameat Al Dewal Al Arabeya street between Dokki and
Mohandiseen district
Many public buses lines pass through it and it has a lot of station and on of the main working district for.
Business
Banks
Almost all banks in Egypt have one or more branches in the Dokki district. For example El Ahli bank has around 5 branches in the Dokki.
Legal
*Ibrachy & Dermarkar (1932)
The Dokki is a vital distract with many companies, schools, embassies and banks.
See also
*
Mohandessin
References
External links
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Districts of Giza
Districts of Greater Cairo