Formal Name: State of Bahrain.

Short Form: Bahrain.

Term for Citizens: Bahraini(s) adjectival form, Bahraini.

Capital: Manama.

Date of Independence: August 15, 1971.

GEOGRAPHY

Size: About 691 square kilometers.

Topography: Archipelago of low desert islands, of which largest is Bahrain.

Climate: Hot and humid, little rainfall.

Data as of January 1993