Shahrakan is a village situated in the western side of the
Kingdom of Bahrain, south of the village of
Malkiya. The village lies in the
Northern Governorate administrative region. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people.
The village was a site of unrest during the
Bahrain uprising
The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the Shia-dominant and some Sunni Islam, Sunni minority Bahraini opposition from 2011 until 2014. The protests were inspired by the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spr ...
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References
Populated places in the Northern Governorate, Bahrain
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