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Bahrain
| Location |
Persian Gulf |
| Latitude and longitude |
26 00 N, 50 33 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "State of Bahrain" |
| Population |
656,397 |
| Census notes |
est. 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
620 |
| Capital |
Manama |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of the State of Bahrain, from the Institut für öffentliches
Recht, Bern,
Switzerland |
| Constitution
of the State of Bahrain, from the Bahrain Shura Council |
| The
National Work Charter, from the Bahrain Shura Council |
| International Court of Justice, Maritime
Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatar and Bahrain
(Qatar v. Bahrain), Judgment of 16 March 2001 |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Bahrain,
from Arab.Net |
| Bahrain,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Bahrain,
from the World Bank Group |
| Bahrain,
from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Bahrain,
globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University |
| Bahrain,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1993) |
| Bahrain
Country Analysis Brief, from the U.S. Energy Information
Administration |
|
Bahrain
Government (Arabic);
this
link was not working when
Island
Law
was last updated
|
| The
Country & People of Bahrain |
| Country
profile: Bahrain, from the BBC News |
|
Country Profile—Bahrain, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| IPR
Country Guide: Bahrain |
| Legal
Profiles: Bahrain, from the Islamic family law study by the Emory University School of Law |
| The Shura
Council |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Bahrain |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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