Arad
Arad is a town in Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island. 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.Photo: Shijaz, Public domain.
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Bahrain
- Also known as: “‘Arād”, “`Arad”, “Arad, Bahrain”, and “Sār”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arad Fort and Bahrain International Airport.
Arad Fort
Photo: Abadi Moustapha, CC BY 2.0.
Arad Fort is a 15th-century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to Muharraq Island through land reclamation.
Bahrain International Airport
Aerodrome
Bahrain International Airport is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama and the city of Muharraq, it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air.
Al Muharraq Stadium
Stadium
Al Muharraq Stadium, also known as the Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, is a multi-use stadium situated in Arad, Bahrain. 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 Muharraq and Al Hidd.
Muharraq
Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muharraq is a metropolitan area in Bahrain, an island connected to the northeast of the capital of Manama.
Al Hidd
Town
Photo: Ggfdssferf, FAL.
Al Hidd is a town in Bahrain, located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of Muharraq Island. The town, which has a large native Sunni population, is well known for its rich sea crabs as well as its clear blue seas.
Galali
Suburb
Galali or Qalali in Classical Arabic is a small area in the Kingdom of Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island, north of Muharraq City. Galali used to be the northernmost point of Bahrain before the development of the artificial islands of Amwaj Islands. Galali is situated 3 km northeast of Arad.
Arad
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Muharraq, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.2512° or 26° 15′ 4″ northLongitude
50.63269° or 50° 37′ 58″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
7HRG7J2M+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1934092516OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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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