Bahrain
Appearance
Kinrick o Bahrain | |
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Location o Bahrain (circled in red) | |
Caipital and largest city | Manama 26°13′N 50°35′E / 26.217°N 50.583°E |
Offeecial leids | Arabic |
Ethnic groups (2010[1]) |
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Releegion | Islam |
Demonym(s) | Bahraini |
Govrenment | Unitar constitutional monarchy |
• Keeng | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | |
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
Consultative Cooncil | |
Cooncil o Representatives | |
Unthirldom | |
• Declared Unthirldom[2] | 14 August 1971 |
• from Unitit Kinrick[1] | 15 August 1971 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 765.3 km2 (295.5 sq mi) (173rd) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 1,536,050 [3] (150t) |
• 2010 census | 1,234,571 [4] |
• Density | 2,007.1/km2 (5,198.4/sq mi) (7t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $69.922 billion[5] (96t) |
• Per capita | $51,956[5] (13t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $34.310 billion[5] (98t) |
• Per capita | $25,494[5] (31st) |
HDI (2015) | 0.824[6] verra heich · 47th |
Currency | Bahraini dinar (BHD) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Drivin side | richt[a] |
Cawin code | +973 |
ISO 3166 code | BH |
Internet TLD | .bh |
Wabsteid www.bahrain.bh | |
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Bahrain, offeecially Kinrick o Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين, Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn, leeterally: "Kinrick o the Twa Seas"), is a sma island kintra in the Persie Gulf ruled bi the Al Khalifa ryal faimily. While Bahrain is an archipelago o thirty-three islands, the lairgest (Bahrain Island) is 55 km (34 mi) lang bi 18 km (11 mi) wide. Saudi Arabie lies tae the wast an is connectit tae Bahrain via the Keeng Fahd Causeway, which wis offeecially opened on 25 November 1986. Qatar is tae the sootheast athort the Gulf o Bahrain.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "CIA World Factbook, "Bahrain"". Cia.gov. Archived frae the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 25 Januar 2011. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) Archived 2020-04-24 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ "Bahrain ends special pact". The Straits Times. 15 August 1971.
- ↑ http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/bahrain-population/
- ↑ "Bahraini Census 2010 – تعداد السكــان العام للبحريــن 2010". Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2018. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
- ↑ a b c d "Bahrain". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2015" (PDF). United Nations. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Bahrain Government Annual Reports, Vollum 8, Archive Editions, 1987, page 92
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