Ra’s al Jufayr
Ra’s al Jufayr is a point in Manama, Bahrain. Ra’s al Jufayr is situated nearby to the village Ghuraifa, as well as near the suburb Umm Al Hassam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Fateh Grand Mosque and Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Al Fateh Grand Mosque
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 Al Fateh Grand Mosque, is a large mosque, located in Manama, Bahrain. 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 Support Activity Bahrain
Naval base
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Naval Support Activity Bahrain 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.
United Kingdom Naval Support Facility
Military installation
The United Kingdom Naval Support Facility is a Royal Navy base established in Bahrain on 13 April 1935, originally known as HMS Jufair, as part of the port at Mina Salman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jufair and Ghuraifa.
Jufair
Suburb
Photo: Ahedmustafa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with its 700,000 people representing nearly half the country's population. Overshadowed by its brash Gulf neighbors Dubai and Qatar, 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.
Ghuraifa
Village
Ghuraifa is a village in Bahrain that has now been subsumed into the Juffair suburb of Manama, Bahrain. 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 Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, and south of the Bahrain School.
Umm Al Hassam
Suburb
Umm Al Hassam is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, the capital of Bahrain. The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.
Ra’s al Jufayr
- Type: Point
- Also known as: “Ra’s al Jasrah”, “Ra’s Qazqaz”, “Ras al Jasra”, and “Ras al Jufair”
- Category: landform
- Location: Manama, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.21472° or 26° 12′ 53″ northLongitude
50.61222° or 50° 36′ 44″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
7HRG6J76+VVGeoNames ID
290213
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Ra’s al Jufayr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رَأْس اَلْجُفَيْر”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Mīnā’ Salmān and Dawḩat al Quḑaybīyah.
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