Jidhafs
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Place details
- Locality
- جِدحفص
- Region
- محافظة العاصمة
- Country
- البحرين
- Population
- 66,588
- Timezone
- Asia/Bahrain
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jidhafs
- Settlement.native_name
- جدحفص
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bahrain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Bahrain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.73
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 66,588
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- UTC+03:00
- Settlement.area_code
- +973 17 55
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- References
Jidhafs () is a town situated in Bahrain.
==Etymology== The Bahraini historian and researcher Mohammed bin Ali Al Tajer states in his book Aqd Al Lalali Fi Tarikh Awal that the word "Jid" translates to 'coast'. As such, the term 'Jid Hafs' is understood to translate to the "Coast of Hafs".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jidhafs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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