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Muharraq

The Muharraq Governorate is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It is now co-extensive with the municipality of Al Muharraq and with together with outlying islets.
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  • Type: State with 268,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of botak
  • Also known as: “Al Muḩarraq”, “botak kanker”, and “Muharraq Governorate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain International Airport and Arad Fort.

Aerodrome
Photo: Fanuc18, CC BY 3.0.
is the 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 , . 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 , . 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 Manama.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is the capital and largest city of , with its 700,000 people representing nearly half the country's population. Overshadowed by its brash Gulf neighbors and , it's often overlooked as a travel destination, but this clean, modern and safe city offers a quieter, gentler introduction to the Gulf way of life.

Town
or Beseytin is a small town in northern . It is located on , just north of Muharraq City. The town is historically a Sunni-majority area, although in recent years some Shi’ite residents have started moving into .

Muharraq

Latitude
26.2617° or 26° 15′ 42″ north
Longitude
50.6262° or 50° 37′ 34″ east
Population
268,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
7HRG7J6G+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13358115917
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
290333
Wiki­data ID
Q375630
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Muharraq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اَلْمُحَرَّق”
  • Arabic: “محافظة المحرق”
  • Basque: “Muharraq eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “মুহাররাক গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Мухарак”
  • Catalan: “governació d’al-Muharraq”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’al-Muharraq”
  • Cebuano: “Muharraq Governorate”
  • Chinese: “穆哈拉格省”
  • Danish: “Muharraq Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Muharraq Governorate”
  • Esperanto: “gubernio Muharrako”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Muharrako”
  • Finnish: “Muharraqn kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Muharraq”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de al-Muharraq”
  • German: “Gouvernement Muharraq”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Μουχάρακ”
  • Gujarati: “મુહારક ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “מוחארק (מחוז)”
  • Hebrew: “מוחארק”
  • Hindi: “मुहरक गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Muharrak kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran 90+6=99”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al Muharraq”
  • Indonesian: “Wasit Kanker”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Muharraq”
  • Japanese: “ムハッラク県”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಹರಾಕ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Мухаррак мухафазасы (Бахрейн)”
  • Kirghiz: “Мухаррак мухафазасы”
  • Korean: “무하라크주”
  • Latvian: “Muharrakas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Muharako muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Al Muharraq”
  • Marathi: “मुहरक गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Muharraq (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Muharraq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muharraq guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muharraq guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Muharraq guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Muharraq”
  • Persian: “استان محرق”
  • Polish: “Muhafazat al-Muharrak”
  • Portuguese: “Muarraque”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Muharraq”
  • Pushto: “محافظه محرق”
  • Russian: “Мухаррак”
  • Sinhala: “මුහරක් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Muharak”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Muharraq”
  • Spanish: “Muharraq”
  • Sundanese: “Kagubernuran Muharraq”
  • Swedish: “al-Muharraq”
  • Swedish: “Muharraq Governorate”
  • Swedish: “Muharraq”
  • Tamil: “முகர்ரக்கு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “முஹாரக் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “முஹாரக் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “ముహార్రక్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการมุฮัรร็อก”
  • Thai: “เขตมุฮัรร็อก”
  • Turkish: “Muharraq Yönetimi”
  • Turkish: “Muharrek”
  • Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Мухаррак”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ محرق”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Muharraq”

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