Jidhafs

Jidhafs
جدحفص
City
Jidhafs
Coordinates: 26°13′08″N 50°32′17″E / 26.219°N 50.538°E / 26.219; 50.538
CountryBahrain
GovernorateNorthern Governorate
Area
  Total
2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
  Total
66,588
Time zoneUTC+03:00
Area code+973 17 55

Jidhafs (Arabic: جدحفص, romanized: Jid Ḥafṣ) is a city in Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Capital and Northern Governorate. It is about 3 km west of the capital Manama. It is neighbored by the villages of Al Daih and Sanabis to the north, Al Musalla and Tashan to the south, Jeblat Hebshi and Muqsha to the west. The city's population was 44,769 in 1991.