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Bahrain is an island country in the Arabic Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s Its a country comprising an archipelago of low sandy islands in the Arabic Gulf between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It was the first Arabian country to strike oil (1932). A British protectorate after 1861, Bahrain became independent in 1971. Manama, on Bahrain Island, the largest in the archipelago, is the capital. Population: 709,000. |
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