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Area: total: 665 sq km
land: 665 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: arid mild, pleasant winters very hot, humid summers

Terrain: mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment

Natural resources: oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls

Population: 718,306
note: includes 235,108 non-nationals [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.4% [male 95,709/female 93,747]
15-64 years: 69.8% [male 288,957/female 212,706]
65 years and over: 3.8% [male 14,224/female 12,963] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Bahraini[s]
adjective: Bahraini

Ethnic groups: Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% [2001 census]

Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu

Capital: name: Manama
geographic coordinates: 26 14 N, 50 34 E
time difference: UTC+3 [8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: National Day, 16 December [1971] note - 15 August 1971 was the date of independence from the UK, 16 December 1971 was the date of independence from British protection

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.3%
industry: 43.6%
services: 56% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 363,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $6.168 billion
expenditures: $5.205 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: fruit, vegetables poultry, dairy products shrimp, fish

Industries: petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism

Exports: $13.44 billion [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles

Exports - partners: Saudi Arabia 3.2%, US 3%, Japan 2.3% [2006]

Imports: $9.858 billion [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery, chemicals

Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 37.6%, Japan 6.8%, US 6.2%, UK 6.2%, Germany 5.1%, UAE 4.2% [2006]

Currency (code): Bahraini dinar [BHD]

Exchange rates: Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.376 [2007], 0.376 [2006], 0.376 [2005], 0.376 [2004], 0.376 [2003]

Airports: 3 [2007]

Merchant marine: total: 7 ships [1000 GRT or over] 220,264 GRT/314,289 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 [Kuwait 3] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Mina' Salman, Sitrah