Coordinates: 26

° 13 N 50 ° 35 E / 26.217, 50.583 Ma nama (Arabic: المنامة, Al-Manamah) - the capital of Bahrai n, located on the Persian Gulf, in the northeast of the island of Bahrain. It is the largest city in Bahrain with a population of about 150 thousand., Which is approximately one quarter of all the inhabitants of this country. Manama is mentioned in Islamic chronicles at least a year 1345. Was conquered by the Portuguese in 1521, and then by the Persians in 1602. From 1783 she was, except for short breaks, in the hands of the holder of the Al Khalifah dynasty.