Tashan (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

:طشان) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

located in the

Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

, on the western outskirts of the capital city

Manama Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is ...

. It is a village adjacent to

Bilad Al Qadeem Bilad al-Qadeem (, ''The old country'') is a suburb of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. Bilad al-Qadeem used to be a separate town situated next to the village of Zinj, Bahrain, Zinj until it was incorporated into Manama in the 20th century. ...

but significantly smaller.

History

Tashan is situated 'constituency one' in the

Northern Governorate The Northern Governorate () is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah al Shamaliyah, Jidd Haffs and Madinat Hamad. Settlemen ...

administrative region. The constituency is also the largest constituency in the country, with more than 17,000 voters. In the 2010 Bahraini parliamentary elections, the constituency's seat in parliament was won by

Matar Matar Matar Ebrahim Ali Matar (also spelled Mattar Mattar; ; born 3 May 1976) is a Bahraini politician of the Al Wefaq party who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from October 2010 until his resignation in early 2011. Born in the village of Al Da ...

from

Al Wefaq National Islamic Society Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (; ), sometimes shortened to simply Al-Wefaq, was a Shia Islam, Shi'a Bahraini political party, that operates clandestinely after being ordered by the highest court in Bahrain to be dissolved and liquidated. Al ...

, after obtaining a

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of 85.7%. The seat was vacated after Matar resigned as part of an en-masse resignation by 18 Al Wefaq MPs during the Arab Spring uprising in February 2011, in protest of an earlier crackdown on protesters.

By-elections A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

were held for the seats were held on 24 September later that year, with

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Ali Hassan Ali winning constituency one's seat. The village was hit economically by the unrest, with traders reporting in March 2011 that there was a low turnout of customers.

References

Populated places in the Northern Governorate, Bahrain {{Bahrain-geo-stub