Bolkly
بولكلى | |
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Coordinates: 31°13′59″N 29°57′27″E / 31.232986°N 29.957557°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Alexandria |
City | Alexandria |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EST) |
Bolkly ( Egyptian Arabic: بولكلى) is a neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The neighborhood is officially named Bulkeley, written as Bolkly. In speech however, the name has been modified over generations into a more pronounceable one for the local tongue, "Bokla" ( Egyptian Arabic: بوكلا).
The neighbourhood is named after H. Bulkeley, one of the founders of the Strada Ferrata tra Alessandria e Ramleh company, which created the first electric tramway line in Alexandria. Other neighbourhoods of Alexandria also bear names of its railway system's founders ( Shods, Fleming, Stanley). [1]