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Middle East > Bahrain > Geography

BAHRAINI GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places
3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 665 sq km [184th of 236]
    (per capita) 0.942 sq km per 1,000 people ... [194th of 201]
Area > Total 665 sq km [195th of 248]
    (per capita) 0.99 sq km per 1,000 people ... [188th of 193]
Area > Water 0 [193rd of 237]
    (per capita) 0 [183rd of 225]
Capital city with population Manama - 140,401
Climate
arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Coastline 161 km [153rd of 249]
    (per capita) 227.217 km per 1 million people [102nd of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Persian Gulf 0 m
Geographic coordinates 26 00 N, 50 33 E
Geography > Note
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
Irrigated land 40 sq km [147th of 185]
    (per capita) 56.451 sq km per 1 million peo [121st of 173]
Land area > sq. km 710 km² ... [179th of 206]
    (per capita) 0.977 km² per 1,000 people ... [196th of 206]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain, Mamlakat al Bahrayn, Al Bahrayn

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