Jidhafs

Jidhafs is a town situated in . Jidhafs has about 66,600 residents.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 66,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Djidd Ḥafṣ”, “Jadd Hafs”, “Jid Hafs”, and “Judd Ḩafş”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain Fort and Khamis Mosque.

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The Qal'at al-Bahrain, also known as the or Portuguese Fort, is an archaeological site located in . Archaeological excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiquities from an artificial mound of 12 m height containing seven…

Mosque
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The is believed to be the first in , built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II in Khamis. According to Al Wasat journalist Kassim Hussain, other sources mention that it was built in a later era during the rule of Uyunids with one minaret.

Shopping center
is a located in the Seef District of , in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It is owned and run by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, which owns several shopping malls across the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manama and Isa Town.

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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.

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is a planned town located in north-central , 8 kilometres southwest of the capital . Designed to serve low to middle income households as a social housing project, it is the country's second planned settlement after the oil town of .

Village
is a town in . It lies west of , in central Bahrain. is situated 4½ km southwest of Jidhafs.

Jidhafs

Latitude
26.2186° or 26° 13′ 7″ north
Longitude
50.5478° or 50° 32′ 52″ east
Population
66,600
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BH JDF
Open location code
7HRG6G9X+C4
Geo­Names ID
290215
Wiki­data ID
Q248302
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Jidhafs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جد حفص”
  • Arabic: “جِدّ حَفْص”
  • Arabic: “جدحفص”
  • Basque: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Cebuano: “Jidd Ḩafş”
  • Central Kurdish: “جیدحەفس”
  • Dutch: “Jidhafs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جدحفص”
  • French: “Jidhafs”
  • German: “Dschidhafs”
  • Greek: “Ζιντάφς”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ידחפס”
  • Italian: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Japanese: “ジド・ハフス”
  • Lithuanian: “Džidhafsas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jidhafs”
  • Norwegian: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Persian: “جد حفص”
  • Persian: “جدحفص”
  • Polish: “Dżidd Hafs”
  • Portuguese: “Jidafes”
  • Portuguese: “Jidd Hafs”
  • Romanian: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Scots: “Jidhafs”
  • Spanish: “Jidhafs”
  • Swedish: “Jidd Hafs”
  • Swedish: “Jidhafs”
  • Tagalog: “Jidd Haffs”
  • Turkish: “Jidhafs”
  • Urdu: “جد حفص”

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