Barbar
Barbar is a village in the north of Bahrain. Situated in the Northern Governorate, it lies between the villages of Diraz and Jannusan, along the Budaiya highway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Also known as: “Bārbār” and “Barbar, Bahrain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barbar Temple and Ain Umm Sujoor.
Barbar Temple
Photo: Graeme, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954.
Ain Umm Sujoor
Archaeological site
The Ain Umm Sujoor is an archaeological site located in the village of Diraz, Bahrain. Believed to have been built during the 3rd millennium BC, the site consists of an oval hollow, approximately 60x30 meters, with two wells, several rooms and ovens.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jid Al-Haj and Maqabah.
Maqabah
Village
Maqabah is a village in Bahrain. It is 10 km away from the capital Manama. Maqabah is situated 2½ km southeast of Barbar.
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. Al Markh is situated 3 km south of Barbar.
Barbar
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Northern, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Barbar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باربار”
- Arabic: “بَارْبَار”
- Dutch: “Barbar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باربار”
- Japanese: “バールバール村”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barbar i Bahrain”
- Persian: “باربار”
- Russian: “Барбар”
- Swedish: “Barbar, Bahrain”
- Swedish: “Barbar”
- Urdu: “باربار، بحرین”
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