Hamad Town

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Hamad Town

Total population

133,350

Coordinates26.13°, 50.50°

Demographic figures from Bahrain Information & eGovernment Authority. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Madinat Hamad or Hamad Town is a primarily commuter city within northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the central part of the country. Split from the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991, its territory is now in the Northern Governorate. Its name refers to the current king of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. The city is culturally diverse, housing a proportionally mixed Shia-Sunni population of varying socio-economic backgrounds, with no single ethnic or religious group making up the majority of inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.