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Bahrain

Capital: Manama

  • Bahrain has 33 natural islands plus about 50 artificial ones. Bahrain Island makes up around 80 percent of the land.
  • Dilmun was a Bronze Age trade centre linking Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. Bahrain has an estimated 350,000 burial mounds from that time.
  • Qal'at al-Bahrain was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Its Portuguese fort stands on a 12 m mound.
  • Bahrain's pearl fisheries were considered among the best in the world into the 19th century.

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