# Al Doho

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Al-Doho
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| settlement_type = [Neighbourhood](/source/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](/source/Riyadh)
| subdivision_name3 = [Old Riyadh](/source/Old_Riyadh)
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| native_name = حي الدحو
| founder = 
| p1 = 
| governing_body = [Baladiyah al-Batha](/source/Al_Batha%2C_Riyadh)
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| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [Arabic](/source/Arabic)
| native_name_lang = ar
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| area_total_km2 = 0.08151
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'''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](/source/Riyadh_city_wall) of southern [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia), located in the [Qasr al-Hukm District](/source/Qasr_Al_Hukm_District) of [al-Batʼha sub-municipality](/source/Al_Batha%2C_Riyadh).<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](/source/Walled_town_of_Riyadh) that is recognized by the [Riyadh Municipality](/source/Riyadh_Municipality), while the rest of extinct settlements lie in the adjacent [ad-Dirah](/source/Al_Dirah_(Riyadh)) district. Its current form include parts of [Gadimah](/source/Al_Gadimah_(Riyadh)) quarter.

Bordered by [King Faisal Road](/source/King_Faisal_Road_(Riyadh)) 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](/source/Old_Riyadh) 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](/source/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.<!--<ref>[http://www.fsa.com.sa/Project_AlDoho.html Freyssinet Saudi Arabia - Al-Daho Quarter Renewal Project]</ref>-->

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