Samaheej

Samaheej is a village in on the northern coast of . village lies to its northwest, while lies to its southeast. It is north of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bahrain International Airport and Arad Fort.

Aerodrome
Photo: Fanuc18, CC BY 3.0.
is the international airport of . Located on , adjacent to the capital and the city of , it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air.

Photo: Abadi Moustapha, CC BY 2.0.
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. is situated 3½ km south of Samaheej.

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. is situated 3 km south of Samaheej.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Dair and Galali.

Village
is a village in on the northern coast of . It lies north of the , and north west of Samaheej village.

Suburb
or Qalali in Classical Arabic is a small area in the Kingdom of , located on , north of City. used to be the northernmost point of Bahrain before the development of the artificial islands of .

Town
Photo: Shijaz, Public domain.
is a town in , located on . It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni population. is situated 3½ km south of Samaheej.

Samaheej

Latitude
26.28264° or 26° 16′ 58″ north
Longitude
50.63348° or 50° 38′ 1″ east
Open location code
7HRG7JMM+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1912651775
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q4166621
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Turkish—“Samaheej” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سماهيج”
  • Arabic: “فريج ‘الجنمة’”
  • Arabic: “فريج الجنمة”
  • Arabic: “فريج الجنمه”
  • Czech: “Samaheej”
  • Dutch: “Samaheej”
  • French: “Samaheej”
  • German: “Samaheej”
  • Greek: “Σαμαχίζ”
  • Indonesian: “Samahij”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Samaheej”
  • Persian: “سماهیج”
  • Russian: “Самахидж”
  • Turkish: “Samaheej”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The International school of Choueifat and Busaiteen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مسجد الشيخ مالك الأثري and Samaheej Cemetery.

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