Seef

Coordinates: 26°14′24″N 50°32′13″E / 26.240°N 50.537°E / 26.240; 50.537
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Seef
السيف
District
Country
Capital Governorate

Seef (

Arabic: السيف) is a commercial district in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain
.

Etymology

The word 'seef' means coast or shore in the Gulf Arabic lexicon, similar to 'sahel'.

History

Seef is a result of active land reclamation work starting in the 1980s, which has dramatically changed the Bahrain coastline. Surrounded on three sides by the sea, Seef is a district dominated by office blocks, luxury apartments,[1] hotels[2] and multiple shopping malls.[3]

Rents in Seef (alongside

tallest building in the country (now replaced by the Bahrain Financial Harbour).[5][self-published source
]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fraser Suites, Seef, Bahrain.
  2. Mercure Hotels
    .
  3. ^ Seef Mall.
  4. ^ Barazy, Maʻan (2009). Subprimes and real estate bubbles: the behavior of real estate markets in times of crisis. DatalnvestArabia INC. p. 190.
  5. .

26°14′24″N 50°32′13″E / 26.240°N 50.537°E / 26.240; 50.537


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