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Bookmark or Share- Bahrain country profile - BBC NewsProvides an overview of Bahrain, including key dates and facts about this Middle Eastern country.
- Bahrain - The World FactbookThe archipelago attained its independence in 1971. A steady decline in oil production and reserves since 1970 prompted Bahrain to take steps to diversify its economy, in the process developing petroleum processing and refining, aluminum production, and hospitality and retail sectors.
- Bahrain - A Country Profile - Nations Online ProjectThe country boasts to have the largest underwater theme park in the world (Dive Bahrain), and has one of the world's largest single-site aluminum smelter (Alba). Bahrain is also known for the Bahraini uprising of 2011 and a controversial human rights record.
- Bahrain Factsheet - The World FactbookIntroduction. Background. In 1783, the Sunni Al-Khalifa family took power in Bahrain. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971. Geography. Area. total : 760 sq km. land: 760 sq km.
- Bahrain | History, Flag, Population, Map, Currency, Religion, & Facts ...Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It has been inhabited since ancient times and was the seat of the ancient Sumerian kingdom of Dilmun. Since 1783 it has been ruled by the Khalifah family.
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