United Kingdom Naval Support Facility

The United Kingdom Naval Support Facility is a Royal Navy base established in on 13 April 1935, originally known as HMS Jufair, as part of the port at Mina Salman.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: British naval base in Bahrain
  • Also known as: “HMS Jufair” and “HMS Juffair”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naval Support Activity Bahrain and Bahrain Specialist Hospital.

Naval base
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is a United States Navy base situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet. is situated 450 metres north of United Kingdom Naval Support Facility.

Hospital
The is a comprehensive acute care hospital situated in , in the Kingdom of Bahrain. BSH is supported by shareholders from Bahrain, , , and the . is situated 1½ km north of United Kingdom Naval Support Facility.

School
is a Department of Defense Education Activity school located in , Manama, Bahrain. is situated 1¼ km west of United Kingdom Naval Support Facility.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghuraifa and Jufair.

Village
is a village in that has now been subsumed into the suburb of , . Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia. The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including: The village lies west of the United States base, and south of the .

Suburb
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Manama 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.

Suburb
is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of , the capital of . The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.

United Kingdom Naval Support Facility

Latitude
26.2043° or 26° 12′ 16″ north
Longitude
50.61656° or 50° 36′ 60″ east
Operator
Royal Navy
Open location code
7HRG6J38+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1287652753
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Wiki­data ID
Q5632933
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“United Kingdom Naval Support Facility” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إتش إم إس الجفير”
  • Arabic: “منشأة الدعم البحري في المملكة المتحدة”
  • Finnish: “HMS Jufair”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס התמיכה הימי הבריטי בבחריין”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “United Kingdom Naval Support Facility”
  • Norwegian: “United Kingdom Naval Support Facility”

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Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Patrol Forces Southwest Asia and Walk in gate NSA-1.

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