Sanabes
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Sanabes سنابس |
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Traditional Arabic boat commonly used for fishing.
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 Sanabes
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| Coordinates: 26°56′N 50°01′E / 26.933°N 50.017°ECoordinates: 26°56′N 50°01′E / 26.933°N 50.017°E | |
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 Saudi Arabia
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| Province | Eastern Province (Ash Sharqiyah) |
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| • Total | 7,000 |
| Time zone | +3 GMT |
Sanabes (Arabic: سنابس) is one of the villages in Tarut Island, the second biggest island that is located on the east coast Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. Sanabes extends on Tarut beach for about four kilometers which starts from what used to be called the Elementary School of Ammar ibn Yasir and now Middle school of Sanabes until Al-Saffar Farm (Arabic: عين الصفار), bounded by Al Rabai’yah southwest and by Tarut village to the west, Al-Zoor to the north and Darain to the south. The location has two advantages: The fertile soil and excellent fishing places. There is also a village called Sanabes in neighbouring Bahrain, a few miles from the capital, Manama. Like the Saudi Sanabes, the Bahraini village of Sanabes is also populated by Shi'a Muslims.
Population is currently estimated at 7,000. Sanabes people in the past used to work in fishing and the extraction of Pearl hunting(Diving). It was one port in the Gulf region where the sailors and fishermen ships settles on its coast. The number of fishing boats was about 140 boats. As a result, Sanabes represent an important place among sailors and pearl merchants. However, Sanabes fishers now are using Zour or Dareen jetty.
Sanabes contains many archaeological stuff from the Ottoman; old Islamic ; and Portuguese Covenants; unfortunately, all of them destroyed, nothing in Sanabes - except only districts : the northern sector, and the southern district, and nearly for the four decades they expended to be dependably new ones ((City workers residential)) resulted in ((Al Saffar farm residential)) to the south of Sanabes in the eighties, in extended housing in the past few years westerly direction with the accomplishment of Al-Noor sports club center and planning the land surrounding it.
Some famous landmarks in Sanabes:
People who live in Tarut Island and the province of Qatif, the majority of them are Muslims.
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