Saar
Sar or Saar is a residential town in Bahrain, to the west of the capital, Manama. It is known for its beautiful landscaping and greenery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stefan Krasowski, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 6,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Also known as: “Sar” and “Sar, Bahrain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Diraz Temple and British School of Bahrain.
Diraz Temple
Archaeological site
The Diraz Temple is located on the side of Budaiya Highway, in the village of Diraz in Bahrain. No concrete evidence has been found to determine which god the temple was dedicated for. Diraz Temple is situated 3½ km northwest of Saar.
British School of Bahrain
School
The British School of Bahrain is a selective, coeducational, independent kindergarten-through-Year 13 school for students between the ages of 3 and 18 located in Hamala, Bahrain. British School of Bahrain is situated 4 km southwest of Saar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Markh and Maqabah.
Al Markh
Village
Photo: Mohd Almosawy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Markh is one of the oldest and smallest villages of Bahrain. It neighbors Budaiya highway and the village of Duraz to the north, Saar and Magaba highway to the east, the villages of Bani Jamra and Al Garya to the west, and the village of Saar to the south.
Salmabad
Village
Salmabad is a town in the center of Bahrain Island. Many businesses and factories are located in the Salmabad area. It has been developed as an industrial area in Bahrain. Salmabad is situated 3 km east of Saar.
Saar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.18983° or 26° 11′ 23″ northLongitude
50.49417° or 50° 29′ 39″ eastPopulation
6,000Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
7HRG5FQV+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8717733242OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
290118Wikidata ID
Q1569993
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Saar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Sār”
- Arabic: “سار”
- Arabic: “سَار”
- Bengali: “সার শহর”
- Dutch: “Saar”
- Dutch: “Sar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سار”
- German: “Saar”
- Greek: “Σαρ”
- Hebrew: “סאר”
- Italian: “Saar”
- Japanese: “サール (バーレーン)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sar i Bahrain”
- Persian: “سار بحرین”
- Persian: “سار”
- Ukrainian: “Саар (дільмунське поселення)”
- Ukrainian: “Саар”
- Urdu: “سار”
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