Located
in a gulf between Qatar and Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 islands.
Bahrainis connected to mainland of Saudi Arabia
by a 26 km long bridge called the King Fahd
Causeway.
It’s thought by some to be the Garden
of Eden due to Eden’s supposed resemblance
to the ancient land of Dilmun which many scholars
accept to be the area encompassing Bahrain.
A sizeable portion of the Bahrain land is
reclaimed land that is made by filling the
shallow coastlines or joining sand bars by
sand or landfill.
There is a famous Mesquite tree called “Tree
of Life” which is 400 years old and
stands alone in the desert of Bahrain. The
fact that the water source of the tree is
not known attracts huge number of visitors.
Bahrain is known for its scorching summer
where temperature can reach up to 45 degree
Celsius and the apparent temperature along
with humidity can be as high as 50 degree
Celsius.
Close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum
sources, Bahrain is a strategic location in
Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western
World’s petroleum must transit to reach
open-ocean.
Qal’at Al Bahrain or the Bahrain fort
has been listed as the World Heritage Site
by UNESCO.
Ever since it was declared a kingdom, Bahrain
has been one of the fast developing nations
and has been identified by the World Bank
as a high income economy.
Bahrain exports petroleum and petroleum products,
textiles and aluminum. It imports chemical,
machinery and crude oil. The natural resources
mainly consist of natural gas, oil and fish
stocks.
TheBahrain Pearling Trail, in Muharraq, is
another UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is
a 3.5 km trail located in the island of Muharraq,
in Bahrain, that was used by pearl divers
during much of Bahrain’s history until
the early 1930s, when the pearl market in
Bahrain crashed as a result of the introduction
of cultured pearls from Japan. |
