Sitra

Sitra, also known as Sitrah or Sitra Island, is an in Bahrain situated approximately 5 km south of the capital, , which is on .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: As Sitra”, “Jazīrat as Sitra”, “Jazīrat Sitrah”, and “Sitra Island

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sitrah and Sanad.

Sitra is a town on Sitra island split between the South Governorate and the Capital Governorate in .

Village
is a town in . The town neighbors , and . is mainly a residential area. There is a mangrove forest on the sea shores of and the area which is environmentally protected attracts large flocks of flamingo birds. is situated 4 km west of Sitra.

Village
Ma'ameer is a village in . Nationally, the village is known for its Industrial Area, which consists of the Bahrain Petroleum Company refinery and a large number of factories, production units such as Awal Ready-mixed Concrete, Eastern Asphalt, Gulf Petrochemical Industrial Corp, Aluminium Bahrain and Al Zamil Aluminium.

Sitra

Latitude
26.1567° or 26° 9′ 24″ north
Longitude
50.6214° or 50° 37′ 17″ east
Population
81,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7HRG5J4C+MH
Geo­Names ID
290103
Wiki­data ID
Q1416753
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sitra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سترة، البحرين
  • Arabic: سترة
  • Arabic: سِتْرَة
  • Arabic: ستره
  • Basque: Sitra
  • Bengali: সিত্রা
  • Cebuano: Sitrah
  • Chinese: 錫特拉島
  • Chinese: 锡特拉
  • Dutch: Sitra
  • Esperanto: Sitra
  • French: Sitra
  • German: Sitra
  • Greek: Σίτρα
  • Hebrew: סיתרה
  • Indonesian: Sitra
  • Italian: Sitrah
  • Japanese: シトラ
  • Japanese: シトラ島
  • Korean: 시트라섬
  • Lithuanian: Sitra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sitra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sitra
  • Norwegian: Sitra
  • Persian: ستره
  • Polish: Sitra
  • Portuguese: Sitra
  • Portuguese: Sitrah
  • Romanian: Sitrah
  • Russian: Ситра
  • Scots: Sitra
  • Scots: سترة
  • Spanish: Sitrah
  • Swedish: Sitrah
  • Tagalog: Sitrah
  • Tamil: சிட்ரா
  • Turkish: Sitre
  • Urdu: سترہ

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