| 词条 | Jidda Island | ||
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| name = Jidda Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | image_alt = | map = Bahrain | map_caption = Location of Jidda Island in Bahrain | native_name = {{native name|ar|جزيرة جدة}} | native_name_link = Arabic language | native_name_lang = | sobriquet = | location = Persian Gulf | coordinates = {{Coord|26.193|N|50.405|E|region:BH_type:isle_dim:50000_source:enwiki|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = Bahrain | waterbody = Persian Gulf | total_islands = 3 | major_islands = {{hlist|Jidda Island|North Jidda|Mini Bahrain}} | area_km2 = 0.5 | elevation_m = 10 | country = Bahrain | country_admin_divisions_title = Governorate | country_admin_divisions = Northern Governorate | country_largest_city = Jidda Island | country_largest_city_population = 0 | demonym = Bahraini | population = 0 | population_as_of = 2016 | density_km2 = 0 | ethnic_groups = Bahraini, non-Bahraini | timezone1 = AST | utc_offset1 = +3 | website = {{URL|http://www.bahrain.com/}} | iso_code_type = ISO code | iso_code = BH-14 }} Jidda Islands ({{lang-ar|جزيرة جدة}}) are a group of 3 small uninhabited islets in Bahrain. It lies to the west of Bahrain Island and just north of Umm an Nasan in Persian Gulf. They lie {{convert|17.5|km|abbr=on}} west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. Historyin 1930 Jidda became the location of one of Bahrain's prisons.[1][2] Majeed Marhoon, Abdulhadi Khalaf and several other political activists spent time in the prison in the sixties and seventies. It later became the private property of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and is currently closed from the public. GeographyThe main island is made of limestone cliffs. It is believed that blocks of rock cut from the island were used in the Barbar temple on Bahrain Island.[3] The small Mini Bahrain is an artificial island on the south shore made to look exactly like the big Bahrain island.[4] DemographyThe island has a palace, gardens, a helipad, a mosque [5] and several other facilities made for the prime minister and his family, although the island is uninhabited and Sheikh Khalifa himself lives in Riffa, Bahrain Island. AdministrationThe island belongs to Northern Governorate . TransportationIt is connected to Umm an Nasan by a {{convert|1.75|km|abbr=on}} causeway. Image galleryReferences1. ^Bahraini Prisoners - Debate in British House of Commons 2. ^Prison 3. ^Barbar Temple - Unesco 4. ^Little Bahrain replica construction complete 5. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020170849/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=1931 Jidda Island Mosque - Archnet.org] External links{{Portal|Middle East|Bahrain}}
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