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Bolkly

Coordinates: 31°13′59″N 29°57′27″E / 31.232986°N 29.957557°E / 31.232986; 29.957557
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Bolkly
بولكلى
Bolkly is located in Egypt
Bolkly
Bolkly
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°13′59″N 29°57′27″E / 31.232986°N 29.957557°E / 31.232986; 29.957557
Country Egypt
GovernorateAlexandria
CityAlexandria
Time zoneUTC+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]

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  1. ^ "Alexandria : the "Tram" symbol of modernity | Shared heritage -". heritage.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2023-03-28.