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Capital Bahrain : |
Manama .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Bahrain :
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| Climate Bahrain :
| arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers .
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| Life expectancy Bahrain :
| 73.98 years .
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| Fertility rate Bahrain :
| 2.67 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Bahrain :
| constitutional hereditary monarchy .
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| Population Bahrain :
| 677 886.
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| Area Total Bahrain :
| 665 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Bahrain :
| 185,800 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Bahrain :
| 443,100 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Bahrain :
| 973.
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| Sex ratio total Bahrain :
| 1.27 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Bahrain ratio under 15 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Bahrain ratio 15 64 :
| 1.41 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Bahrain ratio 65 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Bahrain :
| $53 million (2003) |
| HIV Bahrain :
| 0.3% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Bahrain :
| NA |
| Literacy Bahrain :
| 89,10% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Bahrain :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Bahrain :
| NA |
| Inflation Bahrain :
| -0.2% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Bahrain :
| 15% (1998 est.) |
| Internet Users Bahrain :
| 195,700 (2003) |
| Location Bahrain :
| Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic Coordinates Bahrain :
| 26 00 N, 50 33 E |
| Religion Bahrain :
| Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30% |
| Administrative region Bahrain :
| 12 municipalities (manatiq, singular - mintaqah); Al Hadd, Al Manamah, Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs, Madinat Hamad, Madinat 'Isa, Juzur Hawar, Sitrah |
| Terrain Bahrain :
| mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment |
| Elevation extremes lowest Bahrain :
| Persian Gulf 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Bahrain :
| Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m |
| Natural resources Bahrain :
| oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls |
| Land use arable land Bahrain :
| 2,82% |
| Land use permanentcrops Bahrain :
| 5,63% |
| Irrigated land Bahrain :
| 50 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Bahrain :
| periodic droughts; dust storms |
| Environment current issues Bahrain :
| desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources, groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs |
| Geography note Bahrain :
| close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean |
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