🌍 Countries of the world 🕌 Arab countries

Bahrain

📖 In short

Bahrain is a small Arab country in the Arabian Gulf made up of many islands, the biggest being Bahrain Island. Its capital is Manama. Its name, meaning “two seas”, may come from the fresh water that springs up under the salty sea around it, as if there were two seas, one fresh and one salty!

🤩 Did you know?

Bahrain's capital is Manama.
The currency is the Bahraini dinar.
In winter it's between 10 and 27 degrees, while summer is hot and humid.
Bahrain hosts international motor races.

🗂️ Fact file

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Capital: Manama
Official language: Arabic
Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain
Currency: The Bahraini dinar, worth 2.65 US dollars
Area: 707 km²
Population: 1998 estimate: 633,000 people.

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🌟 Land of pearls

Before oil was discovered, the people of Bahrain dived into the sea to gather oysters and take out beautiful pearls, and Bahrain's pearls were among the finest in the world.

🔍 The Dilmun civilization

Thousands of years ago an ancient civilization called Dilmun flourished in Bahrain, a trading center between Mesopotamia and India, and its ruins and ancient mounds are still there.

💡 A bridge to Saudi Arabia

A long bridge over the sea called the King Fahd Causeway links Bahrain to Saudi Arabia, and cars cross it every day.

🎯 The tree of life

In Bahrain's desert there's a lone green tree hundreds of years old, living in a dry place with no water in sight, so people call it “the Tree of Life”.