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The island country of Bahrain is spread over a total area of about 665sq.kms. It is a country which experiences some arid, mild winters and very long and humid summers.
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Bahrain is an amalgamation of 33 islands in the Arabian Gulf, which are situated between the east coast of Saudi Arabia and the Qatar Peninsula.
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The capital of Bahrain is Manama, and it is 3 hours ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time.
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The total amount of arable land in Bahrain constitutes to just about 2.82% of the total available area. Desert constitutes about 92% of the total land.
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Since Bahrain's independence, there have been continuous conflicts between the ruling Sunni tribe and the Shiite majority.
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A new Constitution was formed in the year 2002 which provided for an elected Parliament and gave the women the right to vote for the first time.
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Bahrain has been proposed as a site for the Biblical Garden of Eden.
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Bahrain is one of the fastest growing economies in the whole of Arab world.
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The term 'Bahrain' is an Arabic word which means two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the seas that surrounds the island country.
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Bahrain was captured by the Al Khalifa family in the year 1782; they captured it from the Persians. It was King Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifa who introduced many economic and political reforms, after he came to power.
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