Awali
Awali is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the Persian Gulf. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Also known as: “‘Awālī”, “`Awali”, “Al ‘Awālī”, “Al Chirabia”, “Al Ghiraibat”, “Bapco”, “Kirabad”, and “Oil City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Awali, Bahrain, dedicated to Our Lady of Arabia. It serves as the seat of the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dar Kulaib and Riffa.
Dar Kulaib
Town
Dar Kulaib is a village situated in the western part of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The village is close to the Bahrain International Circuit, where the Bahrain Grand Prix takes place annually. Dar Kulaib is situated 4 km southwest of Awali.
Riffa
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riffa is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area. The city is divided into three parts: East Riffa, West Riffa and North Riffa.
Hamad Town
Madinat Hamad or Hamad Town is a primarily commuter city within northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the central part of the country. Split from the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991, its territory is now in the Northern Governorate.Awali
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern Governorate, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.08343° or 26° 5′ 0″ northLongitude
50.54891° or 50° 32′ 56″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
7HRG3GMX+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2189162638OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Polish: “ʿAwālī”
- Portuguese: “Awali”
- Russian: “Авали”
- Spanish: “Awali”
- Swedish: “Awali”
- Turkish: “Awali”
- Ukrainian: “Авалі”
- Urdu: “عوالی”
- Western Panjabi: “عوالی”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New cardiac hospital and Awali Hospital.
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