Hamad Town
مدينة حمد Madīnat Ḥamad | |
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Town | |
  Hamad Town Location in Bahrain | |
| Coordinates: 26°6′46″N 50°30′50″E / 26.11278°N 50.51389°E | |
| Country | Bahrain |
| Governorate | Northern Governorate |
| Established | 1984 |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 133,550 |
| • Urban density | 3,118.8/sq mi (1,204.16/km2) |
Madinat Hamad or Hamad Town (Arabic: مدينة حمد, romanized: Madīnat Ḥamad) is a primarily commuter city within northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the central part of the country. Split from the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991, its territory is now in the Northern Governorate. Its name refers to the current king of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. The city is culturally diverse, housing a proportionally mixed Shia-Sunni population of varying socio-economic backgrounds. Today, Hamad Town is an epitome of Bahraini multiculturalism, with no single ethnic or religious group making up the majority of inhabitants.