Bu Quwah (

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: بو قوة , sometimes transliterated as Buquwa or Abu Quwah) is a small

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

situated in north-central

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Administration

It lies in constituency one of the

Northern Governorate The Northern Governorate ( ar, المحافظة الشمالية , translit=Al-Muḥāfaẓat aš-Šamālīyah) is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mint ...

administrative region of the country. The most recent election in the constituency took place in the 2011 parliamentary by-election, with

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Ali Hassan Ali winning a seat in the lower house of Bahraini parliament.

Infrastructure

In 2009, plans to construct a park in the village were announced as part of a greater beautification project by the governorate. A 37,803 sq mile housing project was launched in 2010. A

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was said to be constructed.

References

Populated places in Bahrain {{Bahrain-geo-stub