Middle East
Bahrain
Manama

Umm Al Hassam

Umm Al Hassam is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of , the capital of . The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Capital Governorate, Bahrain
  • Also known as: “Um Al Hassam”, “Umm al Hassam”, “Umm al Ḩaşşam”, and “Umm al-Hassam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Fateh Grand Mosque and Embassy of Palestine.

Mosque
Photo: أبو الشاي حليب, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al-Fateh Mosque, also known as the Al-Fateh Islamic Center and as the , is a large , located in , . Encompassing 6,500 square metres, with the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time, it was one of the largest mosques in the world.

Government office
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in is the diplomatic mission of the in Bahrain. It is located in .

Naval base
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a United States Navy base situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghuraifa and Al Mahooz.

Village
is a village in that has now been subsumed into the suburb of , . Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia. The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including: The village lies west of the United States base, and south of the .

Village
Mahooz is a neighborhood of , . The grave and shrine of the 13th century Shia theologian Maitham Al Bahrani is located in Mahooz.

Suburb
Photo: Ahedmustafa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manama is the capital and largest city of , with its 700,000 people representing nearly half the country's population. Overshadowed by its brash Gulf neighbors and , it's often overlooked as a travel destination, but this clean, modern and safe city offers a quieter, gentler introduction to the Gulf way of life.

Umm Al Hassam

Latitude
26.20337° or 26° 12′ 12″ north
Longitude
50.59718° or 50° 35′ 50″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BH UAH
Open location code
7HRG6H3W+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1172944773
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
290087
Wiki­data ID
Q12180369
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Umm Al Hassam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أم الحصم”
  • Arabic: “أُمّ اَلْحَصَّم”
  • Dutch: “Umm Al Hassam”
  • Greek: “Ουμ Αλ Χάσαμ”
  • Persian: “ام الحصم”
  • Persian: “ام‌الحصم”
  • Urdu: “ام الحصم”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Umm Al Hassam”. Photo: Peter, CC BY 2.0.