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Bahrain
The island of Bahrain is little
more than 30 miles (50 km)
long. Oil wells and refineries
provide employment for
many people, but tourism
is important, too; in 1986 a
causeway was opened, linking
Bahrain to Saudi arabia.
Since then, many visitors
from neighboring Gulf States
with strict islamic laws, have
visited Bahrain to enjoy its
liberal lifestyle.
Oil induSTry
deposits of oil and natural gas were first
discovered in the Gulf in the early 1900s. The oil
industry has made several of the countries very rich,
particularly Saudi arabia, iran, iraq, the united
arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
Bahrain
Area: 293 sq miles
(760 sq km)
Population: 1,347,000
Capital: Manama
CypruS
Area: 3,572 sq miles
(9,251 sq km)
Population: 1,189,000
Capital: nicosia
iran
Area: 636,372 sq miles
(1,648,195 sq km)
Population: 81,824,000
Capital: Tehran
iraq
Area: 169,235 sq miles
(438,317 sq km)
Population: 37,056,000
Capital: Baghdad
iSraEl
Area: 8,019 sq miles
(20,770 sq km)
Population: 8,049,000
Capital: Jerusalem
JOrdan
Area: 34,495 sq miles
(89,342 sq km)
Population: 8,117,500
Capital: amman
KuwaiT
Area: 6,880 sq miles
(17,818 sq km)
Population: 2,788,500
Capital: Kuwait
Syria
Area: 71,484 sq miles
(185,180 sq km)
Population: 17,065,000
Capital: damascus
TurKEy
Area: 302,535 sq miles
(783,562 sq km)
Population: 79,414,000
Capital: ankara
uniTEd araB
EMiraTES
Area: 32,278 sq miles
(83,600 sq km)
Population: 5,780,000
Capital: abu dhabi
yEMEn
Area: 203,849 sq
miles (527,968 sq km)
Population: 26,737,000
Capital: Sana
lEBanOn
Area: 4,015 sq miles
(10,400 sq km)
Population: 6,185,000
Capital: Beirut
OMan
Area: 119,499 sq miles
(309,500 sq km)
Population: 3,287,000
Capital: Muscat
qaTar
Area: 4,473 sq miles
(11,586 sq km)
Population: 2,195,000
Capital: doha
Saudi araBia
Area: 830,000 sq miles
(2,149,690 sq km)
Population: 27,752,000
Capital: riyadh
The roofs of buildings in Bahrain
extend across pavements, providing
shade from the scorching sun.
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