Southern Governorate | |
Native Name: | Arabic: المحافظة الجنوبية |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Governorate |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bahrain |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa |
Area Total Km2: | 488.85 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 305547 |
Population As Of: | 2020 Census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Arabia Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +3 |
Website: | www.southern.gov.bh |
The Southern Governorate has the largest area of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of Bahrain's old municipalities – Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, and Juzur Hawar (the Hawar Islands). It has the second smallest population of the governorates on Bahrain after Al Muharraq.
The Governor of the Southern Governorate is Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa (born 1993), the grandson of former Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the son of Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the deputy prime minister.