Hawar Islands
The Hawar Islands (Arabic جزر حوار Dschuzur Hawar, DMG Ǧuzur Hawar ) are a Bahraini archipelago in the Persian Gulf, near the west coast of Qatar. Their total area amounts to 50.6 km ², the population is 3,875 people ( 2001).
Despite the geographical proximity to Qatar (the minimum distance to the Qatari peninsula Ras Abruq is only 1.4 km, the distance to the main islands of Bahrain, however, 19.7 km ), including the islands of Bahrain, since the Qatari - Bahraini border dispute to an arbitration of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was settled on 16 March 2001. The Hawar Islands and the sandbar Qit ʿ at Dscharada were doing awarded Bahrain, Qatar, the Dschanan Islands and Al- Zubarah on the Qatari mainland. Previously presented the Hawar Islands is the Bahraini district Mintaqat Dschuzur Hawar / منطقة جزر حوار / Minţaqat Ǧuzur Hawar, today they are managed as part of the Southern provinces.
2002 Bahrain requested the inclusion of the Hawar Islands in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as they would with their unique environmental habitat for endangered animal and plant species. The Hawar Islands are furthermore a popular destination for divers and bird watchers.
List of Hawar Islands
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