List of cities in Bahrain

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Map of Bahrain cities

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

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