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{{Short description|City in Bahrain}}
[[Image:Bahrain-Madinat 'Isa.png|right|thumb|300px|Map of Bahrain showing Madinat 'Isa municipality]]
'''Isa Town''' ({{langx|ar|مدينة عيسى}}, ''Madīnat ʿĪsā'') is a middle class town located in [[Bahrain]], in the north central part of the country.
==Etymology==
The name ''Isa'' refers to [[Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah]], a former ruler of Bahrain, from 1961 to 1999.
==History==
Isa Town largely comprises affluent newly constructed villas, and is home to many members of Bahrain's educated middle class. In 2002's election it was one of the few areas of Bahrain not to be entirely represented by an [[Islamist]] or [[right wing|right-wing]] MP, with Abdnabi Salman of the formerly communist [[Democratic Bloc (Bahrain)|Democratic Bloc]] winning the seat. In [[Elections in Bahrain|2006's election]], ex-Harvard academic Dr [[Munira Fakhro]] of [[National Democratic Action|Wa'ad]] lost in controversial circumstances to Sunni Islamist Dr Salah Ali of [[Al-Menbar Islamic Society]].
It was one of the twelve [[municipalities of Bahrain]] after being split off of the municipality of [[Central Region, Bahrain|al Mintaqah al Wusta]] in 1988, then became apart of the [[Central Governorate (Bahrain)|Central Governorate]] till September 2014 when it became part of [[Capital Governorate, Bahrain|Capital Governorate]].
==Notable sites==
Isa Town is famous for its  traditional [[souq|marketplace]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bahrain Shopping Souqs|url=http://www.clickbahrain.com/clickbahrain_souqs.asp|publisher=Click Bahrain|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-date=20 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620132457/http://www.clickbahrain.com/clickbahrain_souqs.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Isa Town also houses most of the private schools in Bahrain, with the [[Indian School, Bahrain|''Indian School'']], ''The New Indian School'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewindianschoolbh.org/|title=The New Indian School, Bahrain|website=www.thenewindianschoolbh.org|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=5 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105165248/http://www.thenewindianschoolbh.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Pakistan Urdu School, Bahrain|Pakistan Urdu School]]'', ''[[Sacred Heart School (Bahrain)|Sacred Heart School]]'', ''[[Ibn Khuldoon National School]]'', ''Pakistan School'', ''The Bahrain Bayan School'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayanschool.edu.bh/|title=Home - Bahrain Bayan School|website=www.bayanschool.edu.bh|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805105055/http://www.bayanschool.edu.bh/|url-status=live}}</ref> the ''Naseem International School''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naseemschool.com.bh/|title=Naseem School|website=naseemschool.com.bh|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402082127/http://www.naseemschool.com.bh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the ''[[St. Christopher's School, Bahrain|St. Christopher's School]]'', all concentrated in a small zone which also includes the Isa Town campus of the University of Bahrain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uob.edu.bh/english/|title=جامعة البحرين - خطأ 404|first=Sawsan|last=Abdulla|website=www.uob.edu.bh|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526095134/http://www.uob.edu.bh/english/|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''National Driving School'' and the ''Directorate of Road Traffic'' have their headquarters in Isa Town. Other offices include the Ministry of Education and the ''Ministry of Information'', which includes the Bahrain Radio & TV broadcasting station, in Isa Town. Besides the market, the main landmark is the [[Bahrain National Stadium]]. The new [[Bahrain Polytechnic]] has also opened on the site of the old Bahrain University.
=== Pakistan School, Bahrain ===
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'''Pakistan School, Bahrain''' ('''PSB'''; {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|پاکستان اسکول بحرین}}}}) is a [[Pakistan International School]] located in Isa Town, [[Bahrain]]. The school was founded in July 1968 by a group of [[overseas Pakistanis]]. Originally the school was housed at a rented building in [[Manama]] with 100 students. With a gradual increase in enrollment, the need to construct a school building was deemed necessary, to provide all modern educational facilities. At the request of the managing committee of the school, the [[Kingdom of Bahrain]] leased land in Isa Town for the construction of the school. The [[Minister for Education (Pakistan)|Minister of Education]] Ali M. Fakhro, laid the foundation stone of the school on 10 January 1983 while H.E [[Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain]] performed the inauguration of the building on 23 March 1985. The building was again expanded and on 25 September 1993, Jinnah Block was inaugurated. On 5 June 1995, [[Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan]] inaugurated Sir Syed Block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistanschool.org/?page_id=2032|title=Pakistan School, Bahrain   » History|website=pakistanschool.org|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420073918/http://pakistanschool.org/?page_id=2032|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Isa Town Market inferno===
On 15 July 2012, the Isa Town [[marketplace]] caught fire, damaging more than 450 shops<ref>{{cite web|title=We've lost everything|url=http://gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=334095|publisher=Gulf Daily News|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912170422/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=334095|url-status=live}}</ref> and causing damages amounting to hundreds of thousands of [[Bahraini dinar|dinars]]. It took dozens of firefighters and around 30 [[fire engines]] more than five hours to control the blaze. There were no reported casualties although two firemen were [[Inpatient care|hospitalized]] due to [[smoke inhalation]]. It was estimated that two-thirds of the market was destroyed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top market in Bahrain destroyed in blaze|url=http://www.tradearabia.com/news/DEF_220469.html|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=Trade Arabia|date=16 July 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075622/http://www.tradearabia.com/news/DEF_220469.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Bahrain's [[Prime Minister of Bahrain|Prime Minister]], [[Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa]], ordered a [[Criminal investigation#Detectives|probe]] to be set up to investigate the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier Orders Probe Committee|url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/517103|publisher=Bahrain News Agency|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221844/http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/517103|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Healthcare==
Alwalil Hospital Bahrain partners with Prime Sports & Medical Agency of England for recruitment of Nurses, Radiologist, and Laboratory Technician and Medical Assistance for Employment
==Notable residents==
Saudi singer, [[Rashed Al-Majed]], the Bahraini guitarist [[Khalid Al-Thawadi]] and the Brothers Band ({{langx|ar|فرقة الأخوة}}) drummer, Wajeeh Hassan live in Madinat Isa.
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