Al Doho

{{Infobox settlement | name = Al-Doho | official_name = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = Addoho Riyadh 2026.jpg | caption = Ad-Doho neighborhood, 2026 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Riyadh | subdivision_name3 = Old Riyadh | subdivision_type3 = Region | native_name = حي الدحو | founder = | p1 = | governing_body = Baladiyah al-Batha | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | demographics_type1 = Language | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Arabic | native_name_lang = ar | established_date = | established_title = | area_total_ha = | area_total_km2 = 0.08151 }} '''Al-Doho''' ({{Langx|ar|حي الدحو}}), formerly '''Haara al-Hilla'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Washmī |first=Aḥmad ibn Musāʻid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=551PAQAAMAAJ&q=%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9+%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6 |title=الرياض: مدينة وسكانا،ً كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا |date=1993 |publisher=الوكالة العامة للإعلام، نبراس، |language=ar}}</ref> ({{Langx|ar|حارة الحلة}}) and alternatively transliterated as '''al-Daho''', '''al-Duhu''' 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bsheer |first=Rosie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyT3DwAAQBAJ |title=Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia |date=2020-09-22 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-1258-7 |language=en}}</ref> It is the most preserved neighborhood in terms of heritage and the only quarter from the former walled town that is recognized by the Riyadh Municipality, while the rest of extinct settlements lie in the adjacent ad-Dirah district. Its current form include parts of Gadimah quarter.

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=حي الدحو - نواف ال الشيخ |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2018/20180423/wo4.htm |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Badran |first=Rawand |date=2020-02-11 |title=تحويل حي الدحو إلى مركز جذب للأنشطة التراثية |url=https://www.rcrc.gov.sa/ar/magazine_topic/005313 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=الهيئة الملكية لمدينة الرياض |language=ar |archive-date=2022-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807161511/https://www.rcrc.gov.sa/ar/magazine_topic/005313 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (then The High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh) presented the plan to resuscitate the neighborhood in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-30 |title=.. وطرح مشروع حي الدحو آخر أحياء الرياض القديمة |url=https://www.aleqt.com/2010/03/30/article_371454.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=صحيفة الاقتصادية |language=ar}}</ref> at the 2010 Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market and began its implementation 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=النواف |first=الرياض: فارس |date=2013-02-26 |title=إطلاق مشروع تطوير حي "الدحو" بالرياض |url=https://wtn.sa/a/173289 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Watanksa |language=Arabic}}</ref> The district was opened to visitors in March 2023.

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