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This is a list of cities and towns in Bahrain with listed governorates and population figures for the most populous cities: Ten largest cities. Manama Riffa.
Manama (Arabic: الْمَنَامَة el-Menâme, Bahrani pronunciation: [elmɐˈnɑːmɐ]) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012.
In 2004, Bahrain signed the Bahrain–US Free Trade Agreement, which will reduce certain trade barriers between the two nations. [251] In 2011, due to the combination of the Great Recession and the 2011 Bahraini uprising , its GDP growth rate decreased to 1.3%, which was the lowest growth rate since 1994. [ 252 ]
The first municipality in Bahrain was the eight-member Manama municipality which was established in July 1919. [4] [5] Members of the municipality were elected annually; the municipality was said to have been the first municipality to be established in the Arab world. [4]
The location of Bahrain An enlargeable map of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bahrain: Bahrain – Islamic sovereign island nation located in the Persian Gulf. [1] In the late 1800s, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
City Centre Bahrain is a shopping mall located in the Seef District of Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. [2] It is owned and run by Majid Al Futtaim Properties , which owns several shopping malls across the Middle East .
Muharraq (Arabic: المحرق, romanized: al-Muḥarraq) is Bahrain's third most populous city (after the capital Manama and Riffa) and served as its capital until 1932 when it was replaced by Manama. [2] [3] The population of Muharraq in 2020 was 263,373. The city is located on Muharraq Island.
Jidhafs (Arabic: جدحفص, romanized: Jid Ḥafṣ) is a city in Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Capital and Northern Governorate. It is about 3 km west of the capital Manama.