the two seas

the two seas

Bahrain / or an Arab island state in the Arabian Gulf on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula and its capital, Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain is linked with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with an industrial bridge called the King Fahd Bridge, and there is a plan to connect it to another bridge with Saudi Arabia in the name. The population of the 2010 census was approximately 1,234,571 people, of whom 666,172 were non-citizens

As of 2012, Bahrain was ranked (48th in the world) in the Human Development Index, and recognized by the World Bank as a high-income economy. The country is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, as well as a founding member of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The Kingdom of Bahrain was appointed a major ally outside NATO by the administration of former US President George W. Bush in 2001

The first oil well was discovered in Bahrain in 1932, and it is the first well to be discovered in the region. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has sought to diversify its economy into becoming less dependent on oil by investing in the banking and tourism sectors

The Bahraini capital, Manama, is home to many large financial structures, including the Bahrain World Trade Center and Bahrain Financial Harbor. Bahrain Fort (the port and capital of the ancient land of Dilmun) and pearl fishing in Bahrain have declared the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO in 2005 and 2012 respectively

According to a report issued by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in January 2006, Bahrain has the fastest growing economy in the Arab world. for him. Bahrain is also the freedom of the economy in the Middle East and the twelfth is a comprehensive freedom in the world based on the Index of Economic Freedom 2011 published by Heritage Magazine Street Foundation / Street

In 2008, Bahrain was named the fastest growing financial center in the world in terms of the City of the World Financial Centers Index in London. Banking and financial services for the sector in Bahrain, especially Islamic banking, have benefited from the regional boom driven by demand for oil. Petroleum production and the processing account is the most exported Bahrain product, which represents 60% of export earnings, 70% of government revenue, and 11% of GDP. Aluminum production is the second most exported product, followed by finance and building materials

Changing economic conditions have fluctuated with the price of oil since 1985, for example during and after the Arab Gulf crisis from 1990-1991. With advanced communications and transportation facilities in Bahrain it is home to a number of multinational companies and returns based on several major industrial projects. A large share of exports consists of petroleum products made from imported crude oil, which represents 51% of the country's imports in 2007

Bahrain relies heavily on food imports to feed its growing population. Rather, it relies heavily on meat imports from Australia and also imports 75% of its total fruit consumption needs. And since only 2.9% of the country’s arable land, agriculture contributes to 0.5% of Bahrain's GDP

 In 2004, Bahrain, the United States, and Bahrain signed a free trade agreement, which would reduce certain trade barriers between the two countries. Due to a combination of the global financial crisis and the recent turmoil, the growth rate fell to 2.2%, the lowest growth rate since 1994

Unemployment, especially amongst young adults, and the depletion of both oil and groundwater resources are major economic problems in the long run. In 2008, the unemployment figure was 4%, with women more than 85% of the total. In 2007, Bahrain became the first Arab country to create unemployment benefits as part of a series of reforms in the framework of labor that prompted Minister of Labor Majeed Al Alawi

Bahrain is a flat and generally arid archipelago in the Arabian Gulf, eastern Saudi Arabia. It consists of a low desert plain gently rises to a low central cliff with the highest point 134 meters (440 feet) Jabal al-Dukhan (Ad Dukhan Mountain). Bahrain had a total area of ​​665 km2 (257 sq mi) but due to land reclamation, the area increased to 767 km2 (296 sq mi), which is slightly larger than the Isle of Man

Often described as an archipelago of 33 islands, these large-scale land reclamation projects have changed, and by August 2008 it increased the number of islands and groups of islands to 84. Bahrain does not share land borders with another country but has 161 km (100 mi) streak coastal. The country also claims 22 more km (12 nmi) from the territorial sea and 44 km (24 nmi) adjacent area. The largest islands Bahrain Island is Bahrain, Muharraq Island, Umm Al-Na`san Island, Sitra Island. Bahrain has a mild winter and a very hot humid summer. The country's natural resources include large quantities of oil and natural gas, as well as fish in marine waters. Arable land constitutes only 2.82% of the total area

More than 330 species of birds have been registered in the Bahrain archipelago, 26 of which breed in the country. Millions of migratory birds pass through the Gulf region in the winter months and autumn. One of the globally endangered species, the wavy schlamidotes, is a regular migratory in the fall. And many of the islands and shallow seas of Bahrain are important globally for breeding of Circassians Negrjers specie of birds, up to 100,000 pairs of these birds were registered on the Hawar Islands

Only 18 species of mammals are found in Bahrain, and animals such as deer, desert rabbits and hedgehogs are common in wild hunted but Arabian oryx from extinction on the island. It recorded 25 species of amphibians and reptiles, as well as 21 species of butterflies and 307 species of plants. The marine biological environment is diverse and includes extensive seaweed beds, mud flats, incomplete coral reefs as well as marine islands. Seaweed is an important feedstuff for some endangered species such as sea cows and green turtles. In 2003, Bahrain banned the arrest of sea cows, sea turtles and dolphins within its territorial waters

The Hawar Islands Nature Reserve provides a valuable basis for a variety of migratory marine birds, and is an internationally recognized location for bird migration. The colony of Socotra, the Cormorant on the Hawar Islands, is the largest in the world. It uses fodder for the sea cows and around the archipelago it forms the second largest dugong assembly after Australia