| Bahrain: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com (5552 words) |
 | Bahrain was proclaimed a kingdom in 2002, and the Shura was dissolved prior to the assembly elections. |
| Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively. |
| Bahrain is a generally flat and arid archipelago, comprising of a low desert plain rising gently to a low central escarpment, in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. |
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