Al-Rifāʿ

Al-Rifāʿ, municipality in the state and emirate of Bahrain, on north-central Bahrain island, in the Persian Gulf. It is on the north rim of the island’s central depression, site of the country’s chief oil fields. The municipality is an agglomeration of four originally distinct population clusters, now united in administration and economic interests. Al-Rifāʿ al-Sharqī (East Rifāʿ) and Al-Rifāʿ al-Gharbī (West Rifāʿ) are the two historic settlements; smaller and newer are Al-Rifāʿ al-Shamālī (North Rifāʿ)...