Jaww
Jaww is a town in Southern Governorate, Bahrain. Jaww is situated nearby to the village Askar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Also known as: “Djaww”, “Jau”, and “Jaw”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tree of Life.
Tree of Life
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tree of Life in Bahrain is a 9.75 meters high Prosopis cineraria tree that is over 400 years old. It is on a hill in a barren area of the Arabian Desert, approximately 6 kilometers from Jebel Dukhan, the highest point in Bahrain, and 40 kilometers from Manama. Tree of Life is situated 3½ km west of Jaww.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Askar.
Askar
Village
Askar is a village on the southeastern coast of Bahrain, it is now part of Madinat Khalifa. It is also home to the shrine of Sa'sa'a bin Sohan, a companion of Imam Ali. Askar is situated 6 km north of Jaww.
Jaww
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern Governorate, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.00129° or 26° 0′ 5″ northLongitude
50.6177° or 50° 37′ 4″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7HRG2J29+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 658736581OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Jaww” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جو (البحرين)”
- Arabic: “جو (قريه بحرينيه)”
- Arabic: “جو البورميح”
- Arabic: “جو”
- Arabic: “جَوّ”
- Dutch: “Jaww”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جو”
- Japanese: “ジャウウ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jaww”
- Ukrainian: “Джавв”
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