Capital_Governorate_(Bahrain)

Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Governorate of Bahrain

The Capital Governorate (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-ʿĀṣimah) is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. The governorate includes Manama, the capital of Bahrain. It is the most populous administrative region in the country, with a population of over half million people in 2020.

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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.[2]

Demographics

According to a census 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.[3] The vast majority of housing in the Capital Governorate are flats, with around 34,000 flats.[4] Private villas were the second most-common form of housing, accounting for 7,284 of housing in the governorate.[4]

As at the 2020 Census, the governorate's total population stands at 548,345 people in a land area of 78.71 km2, with a population density of 6,967 per km2.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Capital Governorate. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Decree Law No. (17) of 2002" (PDF). Capital Governorate. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Population by Governorate" (PDF). Census 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-25. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Census results". Census2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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