Jidhafs
Jidhafs is a city in Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Capital and Northern Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Bahrain Fort
Castle
The Qal'at al-Bahrain, also known as the Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, is an archaeological site located in Bahrain. Archaeological excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiquities from an artificial mound of 12 m height containing seven stratified layers, created by various occupants from 2300 BC up to the 18th century, including Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians.
Khamis Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Rick’s Images, CC BY 2.0.
The Khamis Mosque is believed to be the first mosque in Bahrain, 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.
Bahrain Mall
Shopping center
The Bahrain Mall is a multistorey shopping mall situated in Sanabis, Manama city of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The mall features 1,600 parking spaces. The complex covers 70,000 square metres and attracts about 480,000 visitors per month.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manama and Isa Town.
Manama
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.
Isa Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isa Town is in Bahrain. It is famous for its traditional marketplace.
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 4½ km southwest of Jidhafs.
Jidhafs
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Manama, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- 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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