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| Capital | manama |
| Government | Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy |
| Coin | Bahraini dinar (BHD) |
| Surface | 665 km2 |
| Population | 698,585 (including 235,108 foreigners) (July 2006) |
| Language | Arabic, English, Persian (Farsi), Urdu |
| Religion | Shia Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30% |
| Electricity | 220V/50Hz UK plug |
| Call code | 973 |
| Internet TLD | .bra |
| Time zone | UTC 3 |
Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين, Mamlakat al-Bahrayn) is an island nation in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Bahrain. It is sandwiched between Saudi Arabia in the west and Qatar in the east and south.
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Bahrain is an island nation in the Persian Gulf, home to about 1.35 million people. It gets its name from the Arabic word 'bahrayn', which means two seas. It consists of 33 islands, of which Bahrain of the same name is clearly the largest. In 1932, Bahrain became the first Arab country in the region to discover and export petroleum.
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Tourists can get a 14 day visa at all border posts and airports. Cost: 5 dinars.
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Bahrain is the second smallest country to host a race in the Formula 1 circus, after Monaco. This race has been run since 2004 on the new Hermann Tilke designed circuit Sakhir, about 35 kilometers southwest of manama.
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