The Capital Governorate () is one of the four
governorates of Bahrain
Bahrain is divided into four Governorates: the Capital, Northern, Southern and Muharraq. Until September 2014, there were five, when the Central Governorate was abolished.
Each governorate is governed by a Governor, appointed by the Prime Mi ...
. The governorate includes
Manama
Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very di ...
, the capital of Bahrain. It is the most populous administrative region in the country, with a population of over half million people in 2020.
Formation
The Capital Governorate was formed by royal decree on 3 July 2002. The present governorate incorporates the municipalities of
Al Manamah,
Jid Ali,
Ras Rumman and parts of
Jidd Haffs.
Demographics
According to a
census
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conducted in 2010, there are 329,510 people living in the Capital Governorate, which is the highest of the four governorates; 261,921 non-Bahraini citizens and 67,589 Bahraini nationals.
The vast majority of housing in the Capital Governorate are
flats, with around 34,000 flats.
[ Private ]villa
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s were the second most-common form of housing, accounting for 7,284 of housing in the governorate.
As of 2020, the governorate's total population stands at 534,939 people in a land area of 90 km2, with a population density of 5927.
References
Governorates of Bahrain
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