Bahrain Index

Bahrain Geography - 2022

SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Location

Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia

Area

total: 760 sq km

land: 760 sq km

water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative

3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Area comparison map

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm

contiguous zone: 24 nm

continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined

Climate

arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers

Terrain

mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment

Elevation

highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 135 m

lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m

Natural resources

oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls

agricultural land: 11.3% (2018 est.)

arable land: 2.1% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 3.9% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 5.3% (2018 est.)

forest: 0.7% (2018 est.)

other: 88% (2018 est.)

Irrigated land

40 sq km (2012)

Major aquifers

Arabian Aquifer System

Population distribution

smallest population of the Gulf States, but urbanization rate exceeds 90%; largest settlement concentration is found on the far northern end of the island in and around Manamah and Al Muharraq

Natural hazards

periodic droughts; dust storms

Geography - note

close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean

NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.