Madinat Hamad or
Hamad Town is a primarily
commuter city within northern
Bahrain. It was a
municipality of
Bahrain in the central part of the country. It was split off of the municipality of
Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991. Its territory is now in the
Northern Governorate. Its name refers to the current
king of Bahrain,
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The city is culturally diverse, housing a proportionally mixed Shia-Sunni population of varying socio-economic backgrounds. Today, Hamad Town is an epitome of Bahraini multiculturalism, with no single ethnic or religious group making up the majority of inhabitants. The city is also noted for its large Near Eastern population, mainly from Levantine countries such as Syria and Jordan.