List of cities in Bahrain
This is a list of cities in Bahrain .
By far the largest agglomeration in Bahrain is Manama with a population of 627,946 (as of January 1, 2005). This means that around 90 percent of the country's people live in the capital region.
The following table contains the cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, their names in German transcription and in Arabic, the results of the census of November 16, 1991 and April 6, 2001 as well as a calculation for January 1, 2005. The Region to which the city belongs. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.
Cities in Bahrain | ||||||
rank | Surname | Residents | region | |||
transcription | Arabic | 1991 census | 2001 census | Calculation 2005 | ||
1. | Manama | المنامة | 127.978 | 143.035 | 147.074 | Manama |
2. | al-Muharraq | المحرق | 74,245 | 91,307 | 97,458 | al-Muharraq |
3. | ar-Rifa al-gharbi | الرفاع الغربي | 45,596 | 79,550 | 94,344 | ar-Rifa |
4th | Madinat Hamad | مدينة حمد | 29,055 | 52,718 | 65,466 | Hamad |
5. | A'ali | عالي | k. A. | 47,529 | 55.052 | al-Wusta |
6th | Madinat Isa | مدينة عيسى | 34,509 | 36,833 | 38,090 | Madinat Isa |
7th | Sitra | سترة | 36,800 | 34,317 | 37,657 | Sitra |
8th. | al-Budayyi | البديع | k. A. | 30,702 | 33,700 | ash-Shamaliyya |
9. | Jidhafs | جدحفص | 44,800 | 30,099 | 31,735 | Jidhafs |
10. | al-Malikiyya | المالكية | k. A. | 13,658 | 14,573 | al-Gharbiyya |
11. | al-Hidd | الحد | 8,610 | 11,637 | 12,797 | al-Hidd |