Tashan, Bahrain

{{Short description|Village in Bahrain}} '''Tashan''' (Arabic:طشان) is a village located in the Kingdom of Bahrain, on the western outskirts of the capital city Manama. It is a village adjacent to Bilad Al Qadeem but significantly smaller.

==History== Tashan is situated 'constituency one' in the Northern Governorate administrative region.<ref name=BNA/> The constituency is also the largest constituency in the country, with more than 17,000 voters.<ref name=GDN>{{cite news|title=Independents the biggest winners|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=286735|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=Gulf Daily News|date=1 November 2010|archive-date=13 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913145838/http://gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=286735|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2010 Bahraini parliamentary elections, the constituency's seat in parliament was won by Matar Matar from Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, after obtaining a landslide victory of 85.7%.<ref name=BNA>{{cite news|title=Parliamentary Elections Results _ Bahrain 2010|url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/444252|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=Bahrain News Agency|date=24 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=GDN/> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bahrain arrests two former Shi'ite MPs|url=http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/bahrain-arrests-two-former-shiite-mps-source|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=AP|date=2 May 2011}}</ref> By-elections were held for the seats were held on 24 September later that year, with independent Ali Hassan Ali winning constituency one's seat.<ref> See Bahraini 2011 by-elections results</ref>

The village was hit economically by the unrest, with traders reporting in March 2011 that there was a low turnout of customers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Traders in villages still suffering...|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=302517|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=Gulf Daily News|date=25 March 2011|archive-date=17 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217225550/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=302517|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in the Northern Governorate