Al Hidd
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ggfdssferf, FAL.
- 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.
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. Bahrain International Airport is situated 3½ km northwest of Al Hidd.
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. Arad Fort is situated 2½ km west of Al Hidd.
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. Al Muharraq Stadium is situated 3 km northwest of Al Hidd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arad and Muharraq.
Arad
Town
Photo: Shijaz, Public domain.
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.
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.
Samaheej
Village
Samaheej is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island. Al Dair village lies to its northwest, while Galali lies to its southeast. It is north of Bahrain International Airport. Samaheej is situated 4½ km northwest of Al Hidd.
Al Hidd
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Muharraq, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.24405° or 26° 14′ 39″ northLongitude
50.65289° or 50° 39′ 10″ eastPopulation
12,800Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
BH AHDOpen location code
7HRG6MV3+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1935263128OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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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