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population rathor than by the attraction of people
from other parto of the Sheikhdom, The large record
increase of the population of 'other towns and villag.
may well be accountod for by increaoea in the populate
of the villages close to i.iinama which are 3hown in

the more detailed tables us 'Manama, suburbs'.
Unfortunately no information is avai3.able which would
enable detailed comparioono with earlier years to
be made.
Table 3

Urban and Mural Population
Bahrain Foreigners Total
Subjects
Urban Areas
Manama 38,287 17,254 55,541
Manama Suburbs 5,825 360 6,185
Moharraq 25,209 1,906 27,115
Moharraq Suburbs 4,921 266 5,187
Hodd & Urn al
Shajar 4,291 149 4,440
E. & W. Rifan 5,643 980 6,623
Sitra 3,917 9 3,926
Jidhafs 5,519 72 5,591
Awali 145 2.978 3.123
Total 93,757 23,974 117,731
Rural Areas
All Villages 24.977 427 25.404
TOTAL 118,734 24,401 143,135
In Table 3 all the Municipal areas have been
classified as urban together with the suburbs of
Manama and Moharraq. The rural areas comprise
16 village areas with populations ranging from 3,000
to 200. On this basis 79$ of the indigenous Bahrain

population were living in urban areas in May 1959 and
98$ of the immigrants. If the definitions used in
Tabic 3 are accepted, therefore, 82$ of all those
resident in Bahrain at the time of the census were

living in 'Urban areas'. Tliio is a reflection of
the very /