Church of Gregory the Illuminator, an Armenian Catholic church in the district

Al-Wayli is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1] According to the district map (below), and the census,[2] it is subdivided into the qisms (police wards) of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir (Arabic: الظاهر, IPA: [edˈdɑːheɾ, ezˈzˤɑːheɾ]). Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.

History

The area of al-Zahir 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

Al-Wayli district is divided into the qisms of al-Zahir and al-Wayli according to the Cairo Governorate district map and the census.[2]

Al-Wayli district map bu shiakha

In 2017 qism al-Wayli 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

  1. ↑ "Western Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. 1 2 Taqi al-Din Ahmad al-Maqrizi, "Khitat," trans. Martyn Smith, 2009, 2:299-300.
  4. 1 2 Hussein, Mummad Fahmy (1965). Potential design for mass transportation in Egypt (PhD Dissertation Thesis). University of Michigan. p. 18.
  5. ↑ 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.

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