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Manama on the Persian Gulf

6 November 2013 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Bahrain Financial Harbour under construction in 2011 © Majed othman almajed/cc-by-sa-3.0

Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155,000 people. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population. In the 20th century, Bahrain’s oil wealth helped spur fast growth and in the 1990s a concerted diversification effort led to expansion in other industries and helped transform Manama into an important financial hub in the Middle East. Manama was designated as the capital of Arab culture for the year 2012 by the Arab League. read more…