Bahrain at a glance

The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago in the Persian Gulf .

This country is in the neighborhood of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates contract. This country consists of a series of large and small islands .

Bahrain in 1970  With the plan of the referendum The United Nations was recognized as an independent country. Bahrain has been under British protection since 1820 was

Politics in Bahrain

In this country, the head of government is the king. Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has been the king since 1999 .

The prime minister in this country is the head of the government and the cabinet of ministers who is appointed by the king .

The council of advisers of one of the two legislative assemblies  This country has 40 seats and its representatives are appointed by the king .

The House of Representatives has 40 seats, whose representatives are elected by the people for a four-year term .

There are about 15 political parties in Bahrain, including religious, liberal, left and Baath parties .

Economy in Bahrain

The gross domestic product in this country is 19.66 billion dollars. 363 thousand people make up the workforce of this country .

The unemployment rate in this country is 15% and its inflation rate in 2007  It was 3.4 percent. This country produces 184 thousand barrels of oil daily .

The export products of this country include oil and petrochemical products, aluminum and textiles, which are exported to Saudi Arabia (3.5 percent ) , America (2.5 percent), and the United Arab Emirates (2.5 percent) .

Its imported products include crude oil, machinery, and chemicals from Saudi Arabia (37.3 percent ) , Japan (7.1 percent), America (6.2 percent ) , Germany (4.6 percent), and the United Arab Emirates. (4.2 percent) and China (4.1 percent) is imported .

The people of Bahrain

The population of this country is about 718 thousand people with an average age of 30 years. Life expectancy is 77 years for women and 72 years for men .

About 0.2% of the adult population of this country has AIDS are infected The common languages in this country are Arabic, English, Farsi and Urdu .

۸۱% of its population are Muslims, 9% are Christians and 10% follow other religions .

Communication in Bahrain

There are 193 thousand 300 fixed telephone lines and 1 million 116 thousand mobile telephone lines in this country .

Bahrain has 2,413 internet hosts and 157,300 internet users .

Bahrain at a glance