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Al-Waily (Arabic: الوايلي is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1] It is subdivided into the qisms (police wards) of al-Waily and of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.[2]
Al Waily
حي الوايلي | |
|---|---|
District | |
     Clockwise: El Nour Mosque, St. Peter's Church, Zaafaranah Palace, Karaite Jewish Temple, Qubba al-Fadawiyya | |
  Al Waily Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 30°04′00″N 31°16′34″E / 30.06667°N 31.27611°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
History
editThe area of Al Waily was known as the Square of Qaraqush, where it was used as polo grounds by the 12th Century Ayyubid regent Qaraqush, north west of Cairo's walls.[3] After the conquest of Cairo by the Mamluks, the new sultan al-Zahir Baybars built his eponymous mosque over the polo grounds in 1268.[3]
Until the mid 19th Century, the area north of the mosque was the rural fringe of Cairo, consisting of the villages of El-Waylia, El-Demerdash, El-Mohamady and the Kobba palace izba (hamlet).[4]
In 1849, Egypt's ruler, Abbass Pasha I, redeveloped the area into the Abbasia neighbourhood.[4] However, by the late 19th Century the area was sparsely developed, where the contractor and real estate developer Sakakini Pasha bought a parcel of "swampy mosquito infested" land immediately north of al-Zahir mosque, and built a radial grid development in 1897, with his circular palace placed in the middle of the grid.[5] This area is known today as the Sakakini quarter (shiakha) in qism al-Zahir.
Administrative subdivisions and population
editAl-Waily district is divided into the qisms of al-Zahir and al-Waily according to the Cairo Governorate district map and the census.[2]
In 2017 qism al-Waily had 79,292 residents in its 12 shiakhas.[2]
| Shiakha | Code 2017 | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Dimirdâsh, al- | 012401 | 3503 |
| Za`farân, al- | 012402 | 4797 |
| Sarâyât, al- | 012403 | 10513 |
| `Abbâsiyya al-baḥriyya, al- | 012404 | 7424 |
| `Abbâsiyya al-sharqiyya, al- | 012405 | 3512 |
| `Abbâsiyya al-gharbiyya, al- | 012406 | 10170 |
| `Abbâsiyya al-qibliyya A, al- | 012407 | 4857 |
| `Abbâsiyya al-qibliyya B, al- | 012408 | 4228 |
| Bayn al-Janâyin | 012409 | 5758 |
| Janâyyîn al-Wâyliyya A | 012410 | 10911 |
| Janâyyîn al-Wâyliyya B | 012411 | 4732 |
| Kûbrî al-Qubba | 012412 | 8887 |
While qism Al-Zahir had 71,870 residents in its six shiakhas in 2017.[2]
| Shiakha | Code 2017 | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Abû Khûda | 012301 | 4792 |
| Janzûrî, al- | 012302 | 10803 |
| Sakâkînî, al- | 012303 | 16239 |
| Ẓâhir, al- | 012304 | 10234 |
| Qubaysî, al- | 012305 | 13517 |
| Ghamra | 012306 | 16285 |
References
edit- ^ "Western Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ a b c d Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ a b Taqi al-Din Ahmad al-Maqrizi, "Khitat," trans. Martyn Smith, 2009, 2:299-300.
- ^ a b Hussein, Mummad Fahmy (1965). Potential design for mass transportation in Egypt (PhD Dissertation Thesis). University of Michigan. p. 18.
- ^ Rafaat, Samir (1997-04-05). "SAKAKINI PALACE: HOW ABOUT THE PALACE THAT TURNS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD THIS YEAR?". www.egy.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.