Reef Island, Bahrain

ISO codeBH-13Official websitewww.reef-island.com/main.asp

Reef Island (Arabic: جزيرة الريف) is an artificial island in the archipelago of Bahrain. It has a distance of 2 km (1.2 mi) north of downtown Manama, on Bahrain Island.

History

In 2000, a plan was proposed by a group called Lulu Island Development to develop a housing project at Bahrain. in August 2004 Construction began on the island. The investors were Lulu Tourism Company (a subsidiary of Mouawad Group), and the Government of Bahrain, 50% each. Cost of the Project: $1.5 billion ^[1][2]

Description

Designed by Spowers and Pentago, the housing project comprises a five star hotel resort, waterfront apartments, yacht club, boutique retail, villas, a spa hotel, lagoon apartments, a thirty floors apartment tower, marine retail, theater/exhibition halls and a marina.

All buildings are developed in a landscaped garden setting unique to Bahrain. Access for yachts up to 110 meters in length is provided and a number of beaches enhance the relaxed lifestyle inherent in Reef Island.

Demography

There are several housing projects on the island, the major one is Le-Reef.^[3] Another big ones are Marina reef ^[4] and Venice reef.

Administration

The island belongs to Capital Governorate.

Transportation

There is a causeway connecting Reef Island with Manama on Bahrain Island.

Image gallery

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  Map 1
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  District Map
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  Image of Reef Island

See also

• List of islands of Bahrain

References