Şuwayfirah
Şuwayfirah is a race track in Southern Governorate, Bahrain. Şuwayfirah is situated nearby to the aerodrome Riffa Airbase, as well as near the town Awali.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rifa Fort and Riffa Airbase.
Rifa Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Riffa Fort also known as, Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed Fateh Fort or Qal'at ar-Riffa, is a fort in Riffa, Bahrain. The fort is situated on a cliff overlooked the desert valley between East Riffa and West Riffa. Rifa Fort is situated 1¼ km east of Şuwayfirah.
Riffa Airbase
Aerodrome
Riffa Air Base is an air base of the Royal Bahraini Air Force located 3.2 kilometres south east of Riffa, Southern Governorate, Bahrain and home to the Helicopter Wing of the RBAF. It is home to the:… Riffa Airbase is situated 3 km east of Şuwayfirah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffa and Awali.
Riffa
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riffa is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area. The city is divided into three parts: East Riffa, West Riffa and North Riffa.
Awali
Town
Awali is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the Persian Gulf. Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, it is populated mostly by workers of various nationalities from around the world whose skills were needed in the setting up and running of the refinery at Sitrah. Awali is situated 3½ km south of Şuwayfirah.
Nuwaidrat
Village
Nuwaidrat is a village located in Bahrain, close to Sitra; it was formerly part of the Sitra Municipality. Nuwaidrat is situated 4½ km northeast of Şuwayfirah.
Şuwayfirah
- Type: Race track
- Also known as: “Saafra Race Course”, “Suwayfirah”, and “Swaifera”
- Category: sports location
- Location: Southern Governorate, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.11667° or 26° 7′ northLongitude
50.55° or 50° 33′ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
7HRG4H82+M2GeoNames ID
290094
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In Other Languages
“Şuwayfirah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صُوَيْفِرَة”
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