Askar
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Bahrain
- Also known as: “‘Askar”, “`Askar”, “Al ‘Askar”, and “Askar, Bahrain”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Awali and Ma’ameer.
Awali
Town
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. Awali is situated 7 km northwest of Askar.
Ma’ameer
Village
Ma'ameer is a village in Bahrain. Nationally, the village is known for its Industrial Area, which consists of the Bahrain Petroleum Company refinery and a large number of factories, production units such as Awal Ready-mixed Concrete, Eastern Asphalt, Gulf Petrochemical Industrial Corp, Aluminium Bahrain and Al Zamil Aluminium. Ma’ameer is situated 8 km north of Askar.
Al Eker
Village
Eker, sometimes spelled Ekar, is an area in Bahrain, located near the villages of Nuwaidrat, Ma'ameer and the island of Sitra. It is divided into 2 regions: East Eker and West Eker, with Shias making up the majority of the former's population. Al Eker is situated 10 km north of Askar.
Askar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern Governorate, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.05723° or 26° 3′ 26″ northLongitude
50.61708° or 50° 37′ 2″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7HRG3J48+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 658841597OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Askar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عسكر”
- Arabic: “عَسْكَر”
- Arabic: “قرية عسكر”
- Dutch: “Aksar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Askar i Bahrain”
- Russian: “Аскар”
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