City
Manama
Capital of Bahrain
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Bahrain World Trade Center; Fateh Grand Mosque; National Theatre of Bahrain; Qal'at; Bahraini; Muharraq; Diplomatic Area and Bahrain Financial Harbour; Dilmun and Islamic
- Viewpoint
- Favor an elevated coastal viewpoint looking southwest across the bay from near Muharraq or the National Museum causeway toward the Manama skyline, showing the Bahrain World Trade Center towers, modern waterfront, and traditional dhows anchored in calm waters.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the coastal date palm groves, public parks, landscaped waterfront verges, and shallow marine waters.
- Guarded against
- Not a generic modern gulf metropolis or Dubai clone
Population147,074Wikidata: 297,502
Coordinates26.23°N, 50.59°E
Area30 km²
Time zoneAsia/BahrainUTC+3
Solar noon11:38clock runs 0.4 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Manama and you surface nearest to Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands — 146 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Dammam | SA | 54 km |
| Doha | QA | 141 km |
| Shiraz | IR | 421 km |
| Riyadh | SA | 425 km |
| Abu Dhabi | AE | 431 km |
| Kuwait City | KW | 434 km |
| Dubai | AE | 490 km |
| Sharjah | AE | 493 km |
Twinned cities
- Ankara TR
- Chicago US
- Doha QA
- Karachi PK
- Kuwait City KW
- Saint Petersburg RU
- Tunis TN
7 of 9 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →