Sitra
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Sitra (Arabic: سترة) is an island in Bahrain, just east of Bahrain Island. It lies south of Manama and Nabih Saleh. The island's western coast forms the boundary of Tubli Bay.
Most of the inhabitants of the island live in seven historic villages: Wadyan, Kharijiya, Marguban, Qurayya, Mahazza, Sufala, and Abul Aish. The population is almost entirely Shia Baharna in ethnicity.
The island used to be covered in date palm groves and farms, watered by several freshwater springs, and the island's economy used to be based on agriculture and fishing. Mangroves used to line the western coast, however they have almost disappeared due to development. Today the island suffers from mass deforestation and environmental pollution.
The northern section of the island has been turned into an industrial area. Bapco oil storage reservoirs are located in the south Sitra. Several car and furniture showrooms also make up the new development on the island.
The Sitra Causeway connects the north of the island to Nabih Saleh and to Umm al Hussam (Manama) on Bahrain Island. A small bridge on the south west of the Sitra also joins Bahrain Island, near the villages of Ma'ameer and Eker.
[edit] Sitra Municipality
Sitra was also the name of a municipality in Bahrain before they were re-organized as governorates. The Sitra Municipality consisted of the island of Sitra and three villages close to it on the main island of Bahrain: Ma'ameer, Eker and Nuwaidrat.[1]
The area covered by Sitra Municipality handles Bahrain's entire petroleum production. It is also the export centre for the oil fields in northeastern Saudi Arabia. [2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Directory of Cities and Towns in Sitrah, Bahrain. Falling Rain. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
- ^ Sitrah. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
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