17 PURE FACTS ABOUT BAHRAIN!
FACTS ABOUT BAHRAIN 1. Bahrain is technically an island group. Consisting of 33 islands, Bahrain is an archipelago in the Persian Gulf. 2. It has plenty of neighbors. Its nearest neighbors are Kuwait and Iraq to the northwest, Iran to the north, UAE and Qatar to the south east and Saudi Arabia to the south and west. 3. Grab yourself a compass. Want to fly yourself to Bahrain? The coordinates of 26.0275° N, 50.5500° E will get you there! Flag of Bahrain 4. It’s mostly flat desert here. The terrain here is mostly low lying desert plain, rising gently to low central escarpment. 5. It’s smaller than you think. The total land area of Bahrain is just 277 square miles (717 square kilometers)…that’s around one fifth of the size of Cornwall! 6. It’s really packed! Bahrain’s population was 1.702 million in 2020…almost triple the population of Cornwall, making it a very densely populated country! 7. The water’s wild! Not only are there...