Arad

Arad is a town in , located on . It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni population.
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Photo: Shijaz, Public domain.
  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Bahrain
  • Also known as: “‘Arād”, “`Arad”, “Arad, Bahrain”, and “Sār”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain International Airport and Arad Fort.

Aerodrome
Photo: Fanuc18, CC BY 3.0.
is the international airport of . Located on , adjacent to the capital and the city of , it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air.

Photo: Abadi Moustapha, CC BY 2.0.
is a 15th-century fort in Arad, . Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to through land reclamation.

Stadium
, also known as the Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, is a multi-use situated in Arad, . It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Muharraq Club and Bahrain SC.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Hidd and Muharraq.

Town
Photo: Ggfdssferf, FAL.
is a town in , located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of . The town, which has a large native Sunni population, is well known for its rich sea crabs as well as its clear blue seas.

Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a metropolitan area in , an island connected to the northeast of the capital of .

Suburb
or Qalali in Classical Arabic is a small area in the Kingdom of , located on , north of City. used to be the northernmost point of Bahrain before the development of the artificial islands of . is situated 2½ km northeast of Arad.

Arad

Latitude
26.25361° or 26° 15′ 13″ north
Longitude
50.63886° or 50° 38′ 20″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7HRG7J3Q+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1934092516
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
290316
Wiki­data ID
Q2263927
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Satellite Map

Discover Arad from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Arad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عراد”
  • Arabic: “عَرَاد”
  • Chinese: “阿拉德”
  • Chinese: “阿瑞德海湾”
  • Chinese: “阿瑞德海灣”
  • Czech: “Arad”
  • Dutch: “Arad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عراد, البحرين”
  • Greek: “Άραντ, Μπαχρέιν”
  • Greek: “Άραντ”
  • Hebrew: “עראד (בחריין)”
  • Hebrew: “עראד”
  • Indonesian: “Arad, Bahrain”
  • Japanese: “アラード”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arad i Bahrain”
  • Persian: “عراد”
  • Russian: “Арад”
  • Spanish: “Arad”
  • Urdu: “عراد، بحرین”

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Localities in the Area

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