Awali

Awali is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the . Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, it is populated mostly by workers of various nationalities from around the world whose skills were needed in the setting up and running of the refinery at Sitrah.
  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Bahrain
  • Also known as: “‘Awālī”, “`Awali”, “Al ‘Awālī”, “Al Chirabia”, “Al Ghiraibat”, “Bapco”, “Kirabad”, “Oil City”, and “ʿAwālī”

Places of Interest

Highlights: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia.

Church
is a Roman…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar Kulaib and Shahrakan.

Town
is a situated in the western part of the Kingdom of Bahrain. is situated 4 km southwest of Awali.

Village
is a village situated in the western side… is situated 5 km west of Awali.

is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area.

Awali

Latitude
26.08343° or 26° 5′ 0″ north
Longitude
50.54891° or 50° 32′ 56″ east
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
7HRG3GMX+9H
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Awali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “‘Awālī”
  • Arabic: “عوالي”
  • Arabic: “عَوَالِي”
  • Catalan: “‘Awālī”
  • Chinese: “阿瓦里”
  • Dutch: “Awali”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عوالى”
  • French: “Awali”
  • Hebrew: “עוואלי”
  • Indonesian: “Awali”
  • Italian: “Awali”
  • Japanese: “アワリ”
  • Lithuanian: “Avalis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Awali”
  • Persian: “عوالی”
  • Polish: “Awali”
  • Portuguese: “Awali”
  • Russian: “Авали”
  • Spanish: “Awali”
  • Swedish: “Awali”
  • Turkish: “Awali”
  • Ukrainian: “Авалі”
  • Urdu: “عوالی”
  • Western Panjabi: “عوالی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: صدد and Malkiya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Centre and Awali Hospital.

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