Galali Village

Galali Village

Galali (ArB|قلالي) is a small area in the Kingdom of Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island, north of Muharraq City. Galali used to be the farthest north point of Bahrain before the development of the manmade artificail islands of Amwaj Islands.

Galali in Arabic (قلالي) means a group of cliffs, a high place, this is when people first found out this area of Bahrain they know it by its small cliffs and referred to it by that name.

Around 2000 people use to live in Galali (1991 Census). Today Galali is 16 times bigger than it was 25 years ago because of reclamation of sea.

The inhabitants of the village are mostly Sunnis. The main tribes to inhabit the village are the Al Mannai, Al Jowder and Al Ansari.

Before the discovery of oil in Bahrain, most of the villagers were seamen, involved in the pearl diving and fishing industry.

External links

* [http://www.galalii.com/ Galali website]


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