List of islands of Bahrain

This is a list of islands of the Kingdom of Bahrain, which includes most of the archipelago known as the Bahrain Islands.^[1] The Kingdom consists of 33 natural islands and a number of man-made ones.

Islands

In addition to the Bahrain Islands, the Kingdom consists of:

• The Amwaj Islands, an artificial island chain which is already settled and in the final phase of construction.
• The Hawar Islands, split between Bahrain and Qatar, most of which were granted to Bahrain by an international court in 2001.
• The Jidda Islands consist of three deserted islands. This island is situated in the west side of Bahrain.
• The Nurana Islands consist of two islets. This island is situated in the east north side of Bahrain.
• The Reef Islands consist of 16 islands.

Island	Capital	Other Cities	Area (km2)	Proportion of total area (2014)	Population	Proportion of total population (2014)	Comments
Bahrain Island	Manama	Jidhafs, Sanabis, Al Budaiya, Tubli, Isa Town, A'ali, Madinat Hamad, Riffa, Malkiya	590.7	76%[2]	940,000	76%	Largest island of the archipelago.
Al Dar Island	Folk island resort	Falkland beach	0.04	0%	0	0%
Amwaj Islands	Floating City	Najmah, Tala, Wardeh, Hamama, Dalphene, Farasha	4.31	0.5%	10,000	1%	Artificial island.
Diyar Al Muharraq	Diyar Al Muharraq		12.0	1.5%	0	0%	Artificial island
Durrat Al Bahrain	Atol 1	Atol 2, Atol 3, Atol 4, Atol 5, Atol 6, Petal 1, Petal 2, Petal 3, Petal 4, Petal 5, Durrat Al Bahrain resort	20.0	2.5%	870	0%	Artificial group of islands
Halat Nuaim	Halat Nuaim	Halat Seltah	0.27	0%	1,000	0%	Formerly two separate islands.
Hawar	Dawhat Hawar		53.5	7%	4,000	0.3%
Jidda Island	Jidda Island Palace		0.48	0%	0	0%
King Fahd Causeway	Border Station		0.88	0%	10	0%
Muharraq Island	Muharraq	Al Dair, Busaiteen, Samaheej, Galali, Al Hidd, Arad	49.3	6%	200,000	16%
Nabih Saleh	Nabih Saleh	Juzayyirah	1.3	0%	3,000	0%	Formerly the separate islands of Nabih and Saleh[1]
Northern City	Northern City		7.0	1%	100	0%
Nurana Islands	South Nurana	North Nurana	2.32	0%	0	0%
Prince Khalifa Bin Salaman Causeway	Al Hidd water park		0.35	0%	0	0%
Qassar al Qulay`ah	Qassar al Qulay`ah		0.13	0%	0	0%
Reef Islands	Lulu Island	Bahrain Bay, Arcapita beach	2.07	0%	3,000	0%	(also known as Lulu Island)
Sitra	Al Kharijiya	Halat Umm al Bayd, Mahazza, Al Garrya, Marquban, Abul Aish, Wadyan, Sufala, Al Hamriya	14.6	2%	81,000	7%
South Sitra Island	South Sitra Palace		0.1	0%	0	0%
Umm an Nasan	Umm an Nasan		20.0	3%	10	0%
Umm as Sabaan	Umm as Sabaan		0.23	0%	3	0%
Bahrain Lagoon			0.0	0%	0	0%	Proposed artificial island
Other Islands	Al-Garum Islands	Mashtan islands, Yusuf	0.42	0%	0	0%
Bahrain	Manama		780.0	100%	1.240,000	100%

Bahrain map 2014

Former islands

Islands that once existed but which now, because of land reclamation, are no longer separated from larger land masses:

• Arad Island,^[1] including Arad Fort, now joined to Muharraq.
• Halat Bu Maher, now joined to Muharraq
• Jazirat al Azl, now joined to Muharraq.^[3][4]
• Khasifeh^[1] or Khasifa
• Halat Seltah

See also

• Bahrain Island
• Geography of Bahrain

Notes

1. EB (1911).
2. "Bahrain's Initial Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" (PDF). Kingdom of Bahrain. March 2005.
3. Mapcarta
4. Gillespie, Carol Ann (2002). Bahrain. Infobase. p. 19. ISBN 9781438104843. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

References

• Holdich, Thomas Hungerford (1911), "Bahrein Islands" , in Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 212