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Bahrain
Last update: Saturday 31st of July 2010
| مملكة البحرين Mamlakat al-Bahrayn Kingdom of Bahrain | |||||
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| Motto: Bahrainona | |||||
| Anthem: بحريننا (Bahrainona) "Our Bahrain" | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Manama | ||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - King | Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah | ||||
| - Crown Prince | Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | ||||
| - Date | 15 August 1971 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 665 km² (189th) 253 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 0 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 2005 estimate | 698,585a (164th) | ||||
| - Density | 987 /km² (10th) 2,556 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | ||||
| - Total | $14.08 billion (120th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $20,500 (35th) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.859 (high) (39th) | ||||
| Currency | Bahraini Dinar (BHD) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bh | ||||
| Calling code | +973 | ||||
| a Includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2005 estimate). | |||||
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), is a borderless island country in the Persian Gulf and is the smallest Arab nation. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway (officially opened on November 25, 1986), and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge currently being planned will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
Over 152,700 people in the Kingdom of Bahrain are using internet actively!!Bahrain in these years has been amongst the fastest growing GCC countries. The growing literacy rate for Internet has been overwhelming. The statistics for usage of Internet in Bahrain is 152,700 as opposed to 40,000 in the year 2000
Pop superstar MICHAEL Jackson has confirmed his conversion to Islam, according to reports in the Middle East.The Arab-Israeli newspaper Panorama claims Jackson has announced the move and revealed plans to move to Bahrain, where he has bought property.
Michael Jackson, who's been living in Bahrain for a while now, bought a mosque and converted to Islam.