Muharraq
Muharraq is a metropolitan area in Bahrain, an island connected to the northeast of the capital of Manama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leshonai, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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- Type: City with 75,000 residents
- Description: city; former capital of Kingdom of Bahrain
- Also known as: “Al Muharraq”, “Al-Muḥarrak”, “Al-Muharraq”, “Al-Muḥarraq”, “el-Muharak”, “Moharek”, “Muharraq Town”, and “Muhurraq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arad Fort and Bahrain National Museum.
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.
Bahrain National Museum
Museum
Photo: Anthony DeCosta, CC BY 2.0.
The Bahrain National Museum is the largest and oldest public museum in Bahrain. It is situated in Manama, adjacent to the National Theatre of Bahrain. Opened on 15 December 1988 by the Emir of Bahrain Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the $30 million museum complex covers 27,800 sq meters and is the country's most popular tourist attraction.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manama and Busaiteen.
Manama
Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with its 700,000 people representing nearly half the country's population. Overshadowed by its brash Gulf neighbors Dubai and Qatar, 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.
Busaiteen
Town
Busaiteen or Beseytin is a small town in northern Bahrain. It is located on Muharraq Island, just north of Muharraq City. The town is historically a Sunni-majority area, although in recent years some Shi’ite residents have started moving into Busaiteen.
Al Hidd
Town
Photo: Ggfdssferf, FAL.
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.
Muharraq
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Muharraq, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.2466° or 26° 14′ 48″ northLongitude
50.6164° or 50° 36′ 59″ eastPopulation
75,000Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
BH GBQOpen location code
7HRG6JW8+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2189170851OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Muharraq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المحرق”
- Arabic: “اَلْمُحَرَّق”
- Arabic: “محرق”
- Arabic: “مدينة المحرق”
- Asturian: “Al-Muharraq”
- Basque: “Al-Muharraq”
- Bengali: “মুহাররাক শহর”
- Catalan: “Al-Muharraq”
- Cebuano: “Al Muharraq”
- Chinese: “穆哈拉克”
- Chinese: “穆哈拉格”
- Chinese: “穆哈拉格市”
- Czech: “Ál-Muharrak”
- Czech: “Muharrak”
- Czech: “Muhárrak”
- Czech: “Muharraq”
- Danish: “Al-Muharraq”
- Danish: “Muharraq”
- Dutch: “Al Muharraq”
- Dutch: “Al-Muharraq”
- Dutch: “Al-Muĥarraq”
- Dutch: “Muharraq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المحرق”
- Esperanto: “Muharrako”
- Finnish: “Al Muharraq”
- Finnish: “Al-Muharraq”
- French: “Al Muharraq”
- French: “Al Muḩarraq”
- French: “Muharraq”
- Galician: “Al Muharraq”
- Galician: “Al-Muharraq”
- German: “al-Muharraq”
- German: “Al-Muharraq”
- German: “Muharraq”
- Greek: “Μουχάρακ”
- Gujarati: “મુહારક”
- Hebrew: “מוחארק”
- Hindi: “मुहर्रक”
- Indonesian: “Al Muharraq”
- Italian: “Al Muharraq”
- Japanese: “アル・ムハーラク”
- Japanese: “アル・ムハッラク”
- Japanese: “アル・ムハラーク”
- Japanese: “アル・ムハラク”
- Japanese: “アル＝ムハーラク”
- Japanese: “アル＝ムハッラク”
- Japanese: “アル＝ムハラーク”
- Japanese: “アル＝ムハラク”
- Japanese: “ムハーラク”
- Japanese: “ムハッラク”
- Japanese: “ムハラーク”
- Japanese: “ムハラク”
- Kannada: “ಮುಹರಾಕ್”
- Korean: “무하라크”
- Latvian: “Muharaka”
- Lithuanian: “Muharakas”
- Malay: “Al Muharraq”
- Malay: “Muharraq”
- Marathi: “मुहर्रक”
- Mongolian: “Мухаррак”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Muharraq”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muharraq by”
- Norwegian: “Muharraq”
- Persian: “محرق”
- Polish: “Al Muharrak”
- Polish: “Al-Muharrak”
- Polish: “Muharrak”
- Portuguese: “Al Muharraq”
- Portuguese: “Muarraque”
- Romanian: “Al-Muharraq”
- Russian: “Аль-Мухаррак”
- Russian: “Мухаррак”
- Scots: “Muharraq”
- Sinhala: “මුහර්රක්”
- Spanish: “Al Muharraq”
- Spanish: “Al-Muharraq”
- Spanish: “Muharraq”
- Swedish: “Al Muharraq”
- Swedish: “Muharraq”
- Tagalog: “Al-Muharraq”
- Tamil: “முகர்ரக்கு”
- Telugu: “మూహ్యాయరాక్”
- Thai: “มูฮารัค”
- Turkish: “Al Muharrak”
- Turkish: “Al-Muharrak”
- Turkish: “El-Muharrek”
- Turkish: “Muharrak”
- Ukrainian: “Мухаррак”
- Urdu: “محرق”
- Vietnamese: “Muharraq”
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