See also: Bahrain (homonymy)

The kingdom of Bahrain or, quite simply Bahrain , is a Pays located on a Archipel of the Persian Gulf at the the Middle East. The island is connected to its neighbor nearest, the Saudi Arabia, thanks to the King Fahd Causeway.

History

See also: History of Bahrain

Policy

Bahrain is a Monarchie, directed by king Cheikh Hamad Ben Iso Al-Khalifa. The Parliament is composed of two rooms, Majlis year-Nouwwab and Majlis will ach-Choura, of 40 seats each one, since the proclamation of the new constitution by the sheik Hamad the February 14th 2002.

Subdivisions

See also: Provinces of Bahrain

Geography

See also: Geography of Bahrain

Economy

See also: Economy of Bahrain

The saving in Bahrain is strongly tributary of the Pétrole. Oil accounts for 60% of exports of the country, 70% of the incomes of the government and 30% of GDP. The economic health of the country fluctuates with the variation of the black ransom price, such as for example, during and after the crisis of the Persian Gulf of 1990-91. A great part of exports is composed of the oil products processed starting from imported crude. With equipment of strongly developed communication and transport, Bahrain accommodates many multinationals having activities in the area. The sector of the building with many projects, is another engine of the activity.

Nevertheless unemployment, particularly in the young people, and the exhaustion of mineral oils and of subterranean water are economic problems in the long run.

Thanks to an interesting fiscal policy and with its infrastructures, Bahrain , like Dubai with the United Arab Emirates, attracts many political personalities, sporting or artistic. One can quote as example the singer Michael Jackson who made kingdom his new main home in 2005.

Demography

See also: Demography of Bahrain

The official religion of Bahrain is Islam, in majority Chiite (66% of the population) but in fact the Sunnites government country. One finds also some minorities Jewish and Christian, in exits majority of immigration. Two thirds of the population of Bahrain is made up of Arabic whereas the majority of the immigrants come from Iran or the Southeast Asia.

Culture

See also: Culture of Bahrain

Others

Population: 645.361 inhabitants (in 2001). 0-14 years: 29,6%; 15-64 years: 67,43%; + 65 years: 2,97%
Surface: 707 km ²
Density: 1.040 hab./km²
Land borders: 0 km
Littoral: 161 km
Ends of altitude: 0 m > + 122 m
Life expectancy of the men: 71 years (in 2001)
Life expectancy of the women: 76 years (in 2001)
Growth rate of the population: 1,73% (in 2001)
Birth rate: 20,07 ‰ (in 2001)
Death rate: 3,92 ‰ (in 2001)
infantile Death rate: 19,77 ‰ (in 2001)
Fertility rate: 2,8 children/woman (in 2001)
Rate of migration: 1,1 ‰ (in 2001)
Independence: August 15th 1971 (old British colony)
Telephone lines: 152.000 (in 1997)
Cellphones: 250.000 (in 2003)
Radios: 338.000 (in 1997)
Television stations: 275.000 (in 1997)
Users of Internet: + of 150.000 (in 2003)
Many suppliers of access Internet: 1 (in 2000)
Roads: 3.164 km (including 2.433 tarred km) (in 1997)
Railways: 0 km
inland Waterways: 0 km
Many airports: 1 international

French Population: ± 420
a road racing set: operational since April 2004 accommodating a Grand Prix Formule1

Codes

• A9C, according to the List of prefixes ICAO of registration of the aircraft,
• BA, according to the Code list countries used by NATO, code alpha-2,
• BH, according to the standard ISO 3166-1 (code list country), code alpha-2,
• BHR, according to the standard ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (code list country),
• BHR, according to the Code list countries used by NATO, code alpha-3,
• BRN, according to the Code list country of the CIO,
• BRN, according to the international Code list of the number plates,
• OB, according to the List of the prefixes of codes ICAO of the airports,

See too

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