Muharraq

Muharraq is a metropolitan area in , an island connected to the northeast of the capital of .
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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.

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is a 15th-century fort in , . Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to through land reclamation.

Museum
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The is the largest public in and is the oldest national museum in the Persian Gulf. It is situated in , adjacent to the .

Stadium
, also known as the Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium, is a multi-use situated in , . 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.

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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.

Town
or Beseytin is a small town in northern . It is located on , just north of Muharraq City.

Town
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is a town in , located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of . 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

Latitude
26.2466° or 26° 14′ 48″ north
Longitude
50.6164° or 50° 36′ 59″ east
Population
75,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BH GBQ
Open location code
7HRG6JW8+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2189170851
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
290332
Wiki­data ID
Q270500
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Central Kurdish: “موحەڕەق”
  • 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: “मुहर्रक़”
  • 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”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಹರ್ರಕ್”
  • Karekare: “Muharraq”
  • 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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