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.
Wikipedia
  • 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 Naval Support Activity Bahrain.

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.

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.

School
is a Department of Defense Education Activity school located in , Manama, Bahrain.

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 situated in , in the .

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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Satellite Map

Discover Umm Al Hassam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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