On 21 February, the Bahrain News Agency, a branch of Bahrain's Ministry of Culture and Information, claimed that 300,000 Bahraini residents (more than fifty percent of the local population; Bahrain local population is 568,000),[23] has gathered in the grounds opposite Al Fateh Mosque in Manama to support the ruling monarchy.[24] It was announced that the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix would be postponed from its original date on 13 March to a later date.[25]