Diraz
Diraz is the biggest and most populated village on the northwest coast of Bahrain. It lies to the east of Budaiya, west of Barbar and north of Bani Jamra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 18,000 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Also known as: “Ad Diraz” and “Ad Dirāz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ain Umm Sujoor and Diraz Temple.
Ain Umm Sujoor
Archaeological site
The Ain Umm Sujoor is an archaeological site located in the village of Diraz, Bahrain. Believed to have been built during the 3rd millennium BC, the site consists of an oval hollow, approximately 60x30 meters, with two wells, several rooms and ovens.
Diraz Temple
Archaeological site
The Diraz Temple is located on the side of Budaiya Highway, in the village of Diraz in Bahrain. No concrete evidence has been found to determine which god the temple was dedicated for.
Barbar Temple
Photo: Graeme, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Markh and Maqabah.
Al Markh
Village
Photo: Mohd Almosawy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Markh is one of the oldest and smallest villages of Bahrain. It neighbors Budaiya highway and the village of Duraz to the north, Saar and Magaba highway to the east, the villages of Bani Jamra and Al Garya to the west, and the village of Saar to the south.
Maqabah
Village
Maqabah is a village in Bahrain. It is 10 km away from the capital Manama. Maqabah is situated 2½ km east of Diraz.
Jid Al-Haj
Village
Jid Al-Haj is one of the smallest villages of Bahrain. Jid Al-Haj is situated 3½ km northeast of Diraz.
Diraz
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Northern, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Diraz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الدراز”
- Arabic: “اَلدِّرَاز”
- Dutch: “Diraz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الدراز”
- French: “Diraz”
- Greek: “Ντιράζ”
- Italian: “Diraz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Diraz”
- Persian: “الدراز”
- Persian: “دراز”
- Romanian: “Diraz”
- Tagalog: “Diraz”
- Urdu: “دراز”
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