Southern Governorate

The Southern Governorate has the largest area of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of 's old municipalities – Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, and .
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  • State with 306,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 6 metres (20 feet)
  • Description: governorate of Bahrain
  • Also known as
    “al Muḩāfaz̧ah Al Janūbīyah”
    “al-Muhafazah al-Janobiyah”
    “Al-Muḥāfaẓat al-Janūbīyah”
    “Southern”

Places of Interest

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Southern Governorate

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Latitude
25.9795° or 25° 58′ 46″ north
Longitude
50.5594° or 50° 33′ 34″ east
Open location code
7HQGXHH5+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13358115919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
7090972
Wiki­data ID
Q838532

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Southern Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “南部知事領”
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوبيه”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “محافظة جنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային մուհաֆազա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub qubernatorluğu”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая мугафаза”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ গভর্নেটোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Governació del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Southern Governorate”
  • Chinese: “南方省”
  • Danish: “Al-Muḥāfaẓat al-Janūbīyah”
  • Danish: “Sydlige Guvernement”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Bahrein”
  • Dutch: “Zuid”
  • Dutch: “Zuidelijk gouvernement”
  • Esperanto: “Suda gubernio”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Gubernio”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Provinco”
  • French: “Gouvernorat méridional”
  • Galician: “Gobernación Sur”
  • German: “Südliches Gouvernement”
  • Hausa: “Kudu Governorate”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום”
  • Hungarian: “Al-Muháfaza al-Dzsanúbijja”
  • Hungarian: “Al-Muḥāfaẓat al-Janūbīyah”
  • Hungarian: “Déli kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat southern”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Selatan, Bahrain”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Selatan”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht an Deiscirt”
  • Italian: “Governatorato Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南部県”
  • Javanese: “Gubernatorat Kidul”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік округы”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк губернаториялык”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк мухафаза (Бахрейн)”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк мухафаза”
  • Korean: “남부주”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kerajaan Selatan”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Selatan, Bahrain”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Selatan”
  • Minangkabau: “Kagubernuran Selatan, Bahrain”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdelk Guwernement”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørlige guvernement”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Governorate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sørguvernementet i Bahrain”
  • Norwegian: “Sørlige guvernement”
  • Oromo: “Hanangoo Gubarnatorii”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਰਾਜ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “استان جنوبی”
  • Persian: “المحافظة الجنوبیة”
  • Persian: “المحافظه الجنوبیه”
  • Persian: “المحافظهٔ الجنوبیه”
  • Persian: “جنوبیه”
  • Polish: “Al-Muhafazat al-Dżanubijja”
  • Portuguese: “Província do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Sul”
  • Pushto: “محافظه جنوبيه”
  • Russian: “Южная мухафаза”
  • Scots: “Soothren Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Južni guvernat”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Koofur”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación Sur”
  • Spanish: “Sur”
  • Sundanese: “Kagubernuran Kidul, Bahrain”
  • Sundanese: “Kagubernuran Kidul”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra provinsen, Bahrain”
  • Swedish: “Södra provinsen”
  • Swedish: “Southern Governorate”
  • Tajik: “Губернаториҳои Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк губернаторлыгы”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк мухафаза”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney ili”
  • Turkish: “Güney Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Güney”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна мухафаза”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ جنوبیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy gubernatorligi”

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