Ghuraifa

Ghuraifa is a village in that has now been subsumed into the suburb of , . Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia. The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including: The village lies west of the United States base, and south of the .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Capital Governorate, Bahrain
  • Also known as: “Al Ghurayfah”, “Gharaifa”, “Ghuraifah”, and “Ghurayfah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain School and Al Fateh Grand Mosque.

School
is a Department of Defense Education Activity school located in , Manama, Bahrain.

Mosque
Photo: أبو الشاي حليب, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al-Fateh Mosque, also known as the Al-Fateh Islamic Center and as the , is a large , located in , . Encompassing 6,500 square metres, with the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time, it was one of the largest mosques in the world.

Naval base
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a United States Navy base situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jufair and Umm Al Hassam.

Suburb
Photo: Ahedmustafa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manama 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.

Suburb
is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of , the capital of . The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.

Village
Mahooz is a neighborhood situated in , in the .

Ghuraifa

Latitude
26.20825° or 26° 12′ 30″ north
Longitude
50.6039° or 50° 36′ 14″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7HRG6J53+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1300042616
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
290364
Wiki­data ID
Q12190722
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ghuraifa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغريفة (البحرين)”
  • Arabic: “الغريفة”
  • Arabic: “اَلْغُرَيْفَة”
  • Arabic: “الغريفه”
  • Dutch: “Ghuraifa”
  • Persian: “الغریفه”
  • Urdu: “الغریفہ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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