Manama is the capital of Bahrain . Located on the northern shoreline of the chief island of Bahrain, Manama is the largest city of Bahrain. The history of the city of Manama, the capital of Bahrain is traced back to mid of 14 th century. Since the year 1783 the Al Khalifa monarchy has settled down in this city of Bahrain and it was announced as a free port since 1958.
The city of Manama was proclaimed as the capital of Bahrain in the year of 1971.The geographical alignment of the city integrates the latitude of 26 13 N and longitude of 50 35 S. The entire area of the terrain offers home ground for a population of more than 160,000.The standard time followed in the city of Manama is UTC+3 which signifies that the usual time of Manama is 8 hours ahead from that of Washington DC.
Similar to the general climatic condition of the state of Bahrain, the capital of Bahrain Manama is featured with extremely warm and damp summer and gentle winters. Maximum temperature observed in this city is not more than 37 or 38 degree Celsius in the season of summer. The standard temperature noticed in the pleasant winter is about 16 degree Celsius.
The capital of Bahrain is actually situated in a little peninsula of the island and the terra firma is dry gently sloping. A number of must visits are scattered in the city of Manama. A few of them are as following:
• Hoora
• Umm Al Hassam
• Juffair
• Zinj
• Noaim
• Adliya
• Gudaibiya
Seef
