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Manama
Manama has emerged as the capital of independent Bahrain after periods of domination by Portugal and Persians earlier in its history. Today, it is a modern capital with an economy based around the sales promotion industry as crude oil takes a less pronounced role in the economy.
Because of its thriving economy, a Danish firm has proposed a skyscraper that would be over 1 km (3,281 ft) tall, called the Murjan Tower. Currently only a concept, if built it would be the world's tallest man-made structure, even surpassing the supertall Burj Khalifa skyscraper, although it would be shorter than the Nakheel Tower in Dubai if both are built.
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Muharraq
Muharraq: County is located east of Manama, Muharraq, which was called (Rven) is an ancient city, it was considered as the capital of Bahrain between 1810 until May 1923, a similar composition in the horse and Bhdop total area of about seven square miles, and the surface is at sea level or just beneath the coast of Muharraq and sand surrounded by a wide range of rocks, reefs, and all seemed apparent in the case of islands.
The number of inhabitants of Muharraq at the end of the nineteenth century AD, about thirty thousand people. According to the figures in 1991 had a population of 44684 inhabitants.
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