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Area > Comparative 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	665 sq km		[185th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	665 sq km		[195th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Manama - 140,401
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Coastline	161 km		[161st of 271]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	26 00 N, 50 33 E
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	2.82%		[173rd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Manama
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	148,000		[143rd of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Manama - 140,401
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Middle East
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards periodic droughts; dust storms
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	1,014.66 people per sqkm		[9th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	1,023.4 people/m²		[9th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	72 mm		[94th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	710 km²		[179th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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