Al Hidd

Al Hidd 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.
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  • Type: Town with 12,800 residents
  • Description: town in Bahrain
  • Also known as: “Al Ḩidd”, “Al-Hidd”, “Hadd”, and “Hidd”

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. is situated 3½ km northwest of Al Hidd.

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. is situated 2½ km west of Al Hidd.

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. is situated 3 km northwest of Al Hidd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arad and Galali.

Town
Photo: Shijaz, Public domain.
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.

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 3½ km north of Al Hidd.

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

Al Hidd

Latitude
26.24405° or 26° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
50.65289° or 50° 39′ 10″ east
Population
12,800
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BH AHD
Open location code
7HRG6MV3+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1935263128
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
290363
Wiki­data ID
Q3360322
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al Hidd” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحد البحرين”
  • Arabic: “الحد مملكة البحرين”
  • Arabic: “الحد”
  • Arabic: “اَلْحَدّ”
  • Arabic: “حد )مدينة(”
  • Arabic: “حد”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الحد البحرين”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الحد مملكة البحرين”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الحد”
  • Basque: “Al-Hidd”
  • Bengali: “আল-হিদ শহর”
  • Cebuano: “Al Ḩadd”
  • Chinese: “艾希迪”
  • Czech: “al-Hidd”
  • Dutch: “Al Hidd”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الحد”
  • French: “Al Hidd”
  • French: “Al-Hadd”
  • German: “Al-Hidd”
  • Greek: “Αλ Χιντ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-חד”
  • Hebrew: “אל-חיד”
  • Indonesian: “Al Hadd”
  • Indonesian: “Al Hidd”
  • Japanese: “ヒッド”
  • Korean: “알히드”
  • Lithuanian: “Hidas”
  • Malay: “Al Hadd”
  • Malay: “Al Hidd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Hadd”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Hidd”
  • Norwegian: “Al Hadd”
  • Persian: “الحد”
  • Polish: “Al-Hadd”
  • Polish: “Al-Hidd”
  • Portuguese: “Al Hadad”
  • Portuguese: “Hadade”
  • Romanian: “Al Hadd”
  • Romanian: “Al hidd”
  • Russian: “Эль-Хидд”
  • Scots: “Al Hadd”
  • Scots: “Al Hidd”
  • Spanish: “Al-Hidd”
  • Swedish: “al-Hadd”
  • Swedish: “Al-Hadd”
  • Tagalog: “Al Hidd”
  • Urdu: “الحد”

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