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Diraz
Sign in to saveDiraz (, also spelled Duraz) is the biggest and most populated village on the northwest coast of Bahrain. It lies to the east of Budaiya, west of Barbar and north of Bani Jamra. Two Dilmun-era archaeological sites, namely Diraz Temple and Ain Umm Sujoor, and Ain Umm Aldajaj are located in this village. Duraz is also known for its people's unique Bahraini dialect, which is quite different from that of its neighbouring villages.
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Place details
- Locality
- المدينة الشمالية
- Region
- المحافظة الشمالية
- Country
- البحرين
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Duraz
- Settlement.native_name
- الدراز
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bahrain
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- Right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Governorate
- Settlement.population_est
- 18,000
- Settlement.timezone1
- Bahrain Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Bahrain
- Located in
- Northern Governorate
- Population
- 18000
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Diraz (, also spelled Duraz) is the biggest and most populated village on the northwest coast of Bahrain. It lies to the east of Budaiya, west of Barbar and north of Bani Jamra. Two Dilmun-era archaeological sites, namely Diraz Temple and Ain Umm Sujoor, and Ain Umm Aldajaj are located in this village. Duraz is also known for its people's unique Bahraini dialect, which is quite different from that of its neighbouring villages.
It is a suburb inhabited by Bahraini Shiites with a minority of Asian immigrants
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diraz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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