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Manama

Jufair

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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: former village, now a suburban neighborhood of Manama, Bahrain
  • Also known as: “Al Juffair”, “Al-Juffair”, and “Juffair”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Fateh Grand Mosque and Naval Support Activity 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.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Al-Qudaibiya Palace or is a palace in , , . Located off Bani Otbah Avenue and Al Fatih Highway, it lies west of the and southeast of the Old Palace of Manama and the Andalus Garden and Manama Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghuraifa and Umm Al Hassam.

Village
is a village in that has now been subsumed into the Juffair 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 .

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.

Suburb
Gudaibiya is a neighbourhood located in , the capital city of . An older part of the city, yet a busy area, Gudaibiya is a bustling and highly cosmopolitan area, home to many new arrivals in the Kingdom.

Jufair

Latitude
26.21463° or 26° 12′ 53″ north
Longitude
50.60413° or 50° 36′ 15″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7HRG6J73+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 314911413
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8643327
Wiki­data ID
Q6304734
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Jufair” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجفير”
  • Arabic: “جفير”
  • Dutch: “Juffair”
  • Greek: “Ζαφίρ”
  • Japanese: “ジュファイル”
  • Persian: “الجفیر”
  • Russian: “Джуфейр”
  • Spanish: “Juffair”
  • Turkish: “Juffair”
  • Urdu: “جفیر”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Manama Community Center and Arab Volleyball Organisation.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jufair”. Photo: Ahedmustafa, CC BY-SA 3.0.