| Capital Governorate | |
| Native Name: | Arabic: محافظة العاصمة Latin: Muḥāfaẓat al-ʿĀṣimah |
| Native Name Lang: | AR |
| Settlement Type: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Bahrain |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa |
| Area Land Km2: | 78.71 |
| Population Total: | 548345 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Arabia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +3 |
| Website: | www.capital.gov.bh |
The Capital Governorate is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. The governorate includes Manama, the capital of Bahrain. It is the most populous administrative region in the country, with a population of over half million people in 2020.
The Capital Governorate was formed by royal decree on 3 July 2002. The present governorate incorporates the municipalities of Al Manamah, Jid Ali, Ras Rumman and parts of Jidd Haffs.[1]
According to a census conducted in 2010, there are 329,510 people living in the Capital Governorate, which is the highest of the four governorates; 261,921 non-Bahraini citizens and 67,589 Bahraini nationals.[2] The vast majority of housing in the Capital Governorate are flats, with around 34,000 flats. Private villas were the second most-common form of housing, accounting for 7,284 of housing in the governorate.[3]
As at the 2020 Census, the governorate's total population stands at 548,345 people in a land area of 78.71 km2, with a population density of 6,967 per km2.[4]