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The Kindom of Bahrain is an island group located off the central southern shores of the Arabian Gulf between latitude 25° 32" and 26° 20" North and longitude 050° 20" and 050° 50" East. In the Arabian Gulf off the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The local time is GMT + 3 hours.

The state comprises some 33 islands, with a total land area of about 707 square km. The largest of these is Bahrain Island where the capital city, Manama, is situated. The state takes its name from the largest island Bahrain, which is 586.5 square kilometres. It is linked by causeways to Muharraq (international airport) and Sitra (industrial area and tank-farm). Bahrain Island is 48 km long from north to south, and up to 16 km wide at its maximum point east to west. Bahrain Island accounts for nearly 85% of the total area of the State.

The next largest elements are the southern archipelago called Hawar (50 square km), not far from the coast of Qatar, followed by the desert island of Umm Na'san (19 square km), the populous Muharraq Island (18 square km) connected by causeways to Bahrain, and finally Sitra (10 square km), a mainly industrial island also connected to Bahrain by causeways.

There are numerous other tiny islands, but they are mainly uninhabited and are best known for the variety of migrating birds which pass through in spring and autumn. These small islands, islets and coral reefs combine to make up the rest of the land mass.

Arabic is the official language, although English is widely understood and it's used by most businesses.

Islam is the religion of Bahrain and is practised by a large, majority . Places of worship of other faiths exist on the island.

The annual average rainfall is approximately 77 millimetres.

The Arabian Gulf has an average depth of only 35 metres and most of it in the vicinity of Bahrain is much shallower than this.