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Website. capital .gov .bh. Manama ( Arabic: الْمَنَامَة el-Menâme, Bahrani pronunciation: [elmɐˈnɑːmɐ]) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population. After periods of Portuguese ...
Geography of Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain [ 1] consists of Bahrain Island and 33 of the 37 Bahrain Islands, lying in the Persian Gulf 's Gulf of Bahrain off the north shore of West Asia 's Arabian Peninsula. Bahrain's capital city is Manama. The islands are about 24 kilometers (15 mi) off the east coast of Saudi Arabia and 28 kilometers (17 ...
Bahrain is situated between Qatar and the northeastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the King Fahd Causeway. The population of Bahrain is 1,501,635 as of May 14, 2023, based on elaborations of the United Nations data, of whom 712,362 are Bahraini nationals. [ 2]
Description. Bahrain Bay is situated on coastal land adjacent to the original political and business area in the heart of Bahrain's capital city Manama. (Geographically, Bahrain as an island, sits in the center of the Persian Gulf and is connected by a bridged causeway to neighboring Saudi Arabia). shallow waters which form the bay.
Governorates of Bahrain. The Capital Governorate ( Arabic: محافظة العاصمة, romanized : Muḥāfaẓat al-ʿĀṣimah) is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. The governorate includes Manama, the capital of Bahrain. It is the most populous administrative region in the country, with a population of over half million people in 2020.
Juffair. / 26.21111°N 50.60111°E / 26.21111; 50.60111. Juffair ( Arabic: الجفير) is a district situated in south to central Manama, Bahrain. It was originally a separate village inhabited by Shia Muslims but it has been absorbed by the suburban expansion of Manama in the 20th century, and presently includes large parts of land ...
Qal`at al-Bahrain is a typical tell – an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The strata spreads over a 180,000 sq ft (16,723 m 2) area, which encompasses the tell. This testifies to a continuous human presence from about 2300 BC to the 16th century AD.
Hoora ( Arabic: الحورة) a district of Manama, the capital of Bahrain . Along with the Central Business District, Adliya, and Juffair, Hoora is considered one of Manama's nightlife centres, with many bars, hotels, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs (both Arabic and Western ), and it is very popular among visitors from Saudi Arabia.