Amazing facts About Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain,
is a country in the Persian Gulf. The island nation comprises a small archipelago made
up of 70 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centerer around Bahrain
Island which makes up around 83 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is a country
which has been home of Arabian and Persian culture in ancient times which is thanks to
the outstanding location in the Arabian Gulf. The Kingdom of Bahrain history replete with
nature’s munificence, global accomplishments and success among numerous interesting facts
about Bahrain along the way as well. These places have some amazing facts which will
interest you to know, below are some amazing facts about Bahrain.
This country was the first to discover petroleum way back in the 19 32 and as such, the kingdom’s
relation with the United Kingdom got more and more close which later on drove the United
Kingdom to move it British royal Naval from Iran to Bahrain in 19 35.
Since it was declared a kingdom in 2002, she has been one of the fast developing nation
and this is evident in the Bahrain pearling trail labeled as pearling, testimonies of
an island economy by U NESCO to this day it is still considered the last remaining heritage
of the kingdom’s cultural tradition of pearling which was used by pearl divers till the early
19 30s. Bahrain has been famed since antiquity for its pearl fisheries, which were considered
the best in the world into the 19th century. Having an economy driven by pearl diving and
fishing at the beginning of its time, the kingdom’s pearl market got severely hit
by Japan’s introduction of cultured pearls. Having an economy driven by pearl diving and
fishing at the beginning of its time, the kingdom’s pearl market got severely hit
by Japan’s introduction of cultured pearls. Bahrain is a country comprising more than
30 islands in the Persian Gulf and has been at the center of major trade routes since
antiquity. The island state is situated in Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabian, north
of Qatar. Thereby making their official language Arabic. In 2004 Bahrain's flag set the Guinness
world record for the largest flag with 169.5 meters long and 97.1meters wide despite the
fact that it was seen as a small nation. Bahrain is the third smallest nation in Asia after
Maldives and Singapore. After the gulf war, this small beautiful ,unique
kingdom was the first to impress the world by been the first country to initiate a military
cooperation with the united states of America that took the territorial opposite to Bahrain
as a base for the United States fifth fleet, also the country has one of the largest mosque
in the world . The AL Fateh Mosque that sprawls over an area of around 6500 square meters
and in 2006 it became the official site of the National Library of Bahrain that has over
7000 books. Another amazing fact of Bahrain is that it
is known as the country which has little or no rain and the existence of tree of life
would come as a surprise to people but believe it or not it is. This tree is about 400 years
old and stands alone in the desert with no known source of water but still standing fruitfully
and this has made this desert a popular attraction of 50000 tourists every year.
In Bahrain, due to the country’s limited land space, the kingdom produces only a small
amount of its food consumed and imports the rest of its food produce. The scrumptious
dish consisting of tender to taste chicken and rice combined with a lot of extra spices
for that extra kick flavor and machboos yummy right! is Bahrain’s national dish.
Further, with another linkage causeway between Bahrain and Qatar Bahrain causeway or also
called friendship bridge , was approved for construction in 2005 but however, due to some
financial turbulence the exact date by which the bridge will be complete isn’t identified
yet and Bahrain aspiring to get connected with neighboring countries, the Kingdom of
Bahrain and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on 19 81 to start constructing
King Fahd Causeway which was officially opened in 19 86.
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