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Table 2
Geographical Diatri but ion of the Population
1941 1990 1939
M xnamah 27,039 39,640 55,541

Moharraq & Iledd 21,439 25,977 31,555
Other towns &
villagea 39,164 40,579 52,916
Ships at anchor
& Awali 1,532 3,046 3,123
09,970 109,650 143,135
VorcGntago change °/o *

Manamah 43.0 40.0
Moharraq & Iledd 19.5 23.4
Other towns &
villages 3.5 30.4

Ships at anchor &
Awali 251.0 -10.0
Total 21.9 30.5
Note:- In 1959 figures for Manamah and Moharraq
exclude small villages classed as suburbs in
the census returns, Those have been includ.
with 'Other towns and villages'.. Foreign
ships at anchor wore not included in 1959
and sailors on Bahrain registered vessels wo*’
assigned to the towns and villages in which
they normally reside. Shift workers at
*: Awali on the night of the 1950 census were
included as part of the Awali population; i:
1959 they were included in the population of
the town3 and villages in which they reside.
Thus the comparison of the last category in
the table 'Ships at anchor and Awali' should
be made with these factors in mind, or better
still, not made at all.
In May 1959 61# of tho total population of the

Sheikhdom were living in Manama, Moharraq and Iledd.
This compares with 60# in 1950 and 55# in 1941.
Manama has been growing twice as rapidly as the other
townsi its population having doubled since 1941.
The rapid growth between 1950 and 1959 J'.iay have beer

accounted for by tho increase of tho immigrant
population /