Dumistan
Dumistan or Dabistan is a coastal village situated on the western shore of Bahrain. It is situated to the north of Karzakan and west of Hamad Town, in the Northern Governorate administrative region of the country.
Etymology
There are two possible roots for the village's name.The first is that it originates in the term "Dabistan" and is therefore and alteration of it, the term "Dabistan" is a Persian word that typically means "school" or "place of learning".Dab refers to "learning" or "education".-stan is a suffix meaning "place" or "land of".
So, Dabistan can be understood as "the place of learning" or simply "a school".
It is also possibly the former location of Al-Ittihad school, although the remains of the school are in Manimal.
The other purposed origin is that it means, although this is not supported by any major sources.
Housing Facilities
- In 1983, the old Dumistan housing project was established.
- In 2001, the new Dumistan housing project was established.
- In 2009, a new housing project was created east of the new housing units.
Institutions
- Dumistan Charity Fund
- Dumistan Cultural and Sports Center
- Youth Committee
- Community Committee
- Ahlulbayt Cultural and Social Forum
- Abu Ramana Islamic Center
Mosques
- Sheikh Mohammed Abu Ramana Mosque
- Imam Al-Ridha Mosque
- Al-Rawda Mosque
- Imam Al-Mahdi Mosque
- Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Wasiti Mosque
- Imam Al-Hussein Mosque
- Dumistan Housing Mosque
- Al-Waqi Mosque, south of Balqis School.