Busaiteen
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bahrain International Airport and King Hamad University Hospital.
Bahrain International Airport
Aerodrome
Bahrain International Airport is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama and the city of Muharraq, it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. Bahrain International Airport is situated 3 km east of Busaiteen.
King Hamad University Hospital
Hospital
King Hamad University Hospital is a hospital located in Muharraq, Bahrain. Officially opened on 6 February 2012 and situated in Busaiteen, the 64,000 square meter hospital is the location of the National Oncology Centre of Bahrain.
Bait Al Quran
Museum
Photo: Ibrahim.ID, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Beit Al Qur'an is a multi-purpose complex dedicated to the Islamic arts and is located in Hoora, Bahrain. Established in 1990, the complex is most famous for its Islamic museum, which has been acknowledged as being one of the most renowned Islamic museums in the world. Bait Al Quran is situated 3½ km south of Busaiteen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Dair and Muharraq.
Al Dair
Village
Al Dair is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island. It lies north of the Bahrain International Airport, and north west of Samaheej village. Al Dair is situated 2½ km northeast of Busaiteen.
Muharraq
Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muharraq is a metropolitan area in Bahrain, an island connected to the northeast of the capital of Manama.
Samaheej
Village
Samaheej is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island. Al Dair village lies to its northwest, while Galali lies to its southeast. It is north of Bahrain International Airport. Samaheej is situated 3½ km east of Busaiteen.
Busaiteen
- Type: Town with 19,200 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bahrain
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Muharraq, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.27192° or 26° 16′ 19″ northLongitude
50.60284° or 50° 36′ 10″ eastPopulation
19,200Open location code
7HRG7JC3+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2125987766OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q5001253
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Satellite Map
Discover Busaiteen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Busaiteen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البسيتين”
- Arabic: “بسيتين”
- Dutch: “Busaiteen”
- Greek: “Μπουσαϊτίν”
- Japanese: “ブサイテーン”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Busaiteen”
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