Northern City

Northern City Islands
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">جزيرة المدينة الشمالية  (Arabic)
Location of Northern City Islands in Bahrain
Geography
Location Persian Gulf
Coordinates 26°14′N 50°28′E / 26.24°N 50.47°E / 26.24; 50.47Coordinates: 26°14′N 50°28′E / 26.24°N 50.47°E / 26.24; 50.47
Archipelago Bahrain
Adjacent bodies of water Persian Gulf
Total islands 1
Major islands
  • Northern City Islands    
Area 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Administration
Governorate Northern Governorate
Largest settlement
Construction camp
(population 1000)
Demographics
Demonym Bahraini
Population 1000 (as of 2010)
Density 150 /km2 (390 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Bahraini, non-Bahraini
Additional information
Time zone
Official website www.housing.gov.bh/en/ProjectsDocument/Almadeena%20Alshmalya.pdf
ISO Code = BH-14

Northern City Islands (Arabic: المدينة الشمالية‎) are a group of islands in the archipelago of Bahrain, with a distance of 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island.

Description

The proposed plan for the City was made in 2000. It is a residential area that is being reclaimed and constructed by the Ministry of Housing in Bahrain. The core of the project involves more than 4,100 housing units, of which 3,110 are social housing units. The project costs about BD208 million ($551.7 million), started in January 2012 and is expected to complete in January 2018.[1] on June 2014 work on phase 2 began [2] by Aresco and Tamkon [3] on May 2015 work on phase 4 began, as mentioned in this article [4] on February 2016 work on phase 4 began, by SSH Holdings, on islands 13-14 on the eastern part.[5] [6]

Education

The islands have the new Bahrain University[7]

Administration

The island belongs to Northern Governorate .

Transportation

There are two causeways connecting Northern City with Bahrain Island:

A future causeway called the Gulf Drive will connect the islands to Muharraq Island through all reclaimed islands in the north [8]

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