Budaiya
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- Locality
- البديع
- Region
- المحافظة الشمالية
- Country
- البحرين
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- A View of Budaiya Beach
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- Budaiya
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- البديع
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- Town
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- Bahrain
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- bottom
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- Location in Bahrain
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- Country
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- Bahrain
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- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Governorate
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- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 19th century
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- Imperial
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- Religions
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Al Budaiya () is a coastal town located in the northwestern region of Bahrain Island, in the Northern Governorate of the Kingdom of Bahrain. It neighbors the villages of Diraz and Bani Jamra.
==History== The town was founded by the Dawasiri tribe, but most of the tribe left en masse to mainland Saudi Arabia in 1923, after conflict emerged with the British colonial authorities. Many Dawasir tribe members later returned to Budaiya, with some still living in the village today. Prior to the discovery of oil in Bahrain, most Budaiya residents were involved in the pearl diving and fishing industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Budaiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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