Fast Facts

-Location

Bahrain is an island in the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway. To the southeast is Qatar.
-Area
711.9 sq km
-Dialing code
+973
-Area Code
–
-Emergency numbers
Fire: 997
Police: 999
Ambulance: 998

-Population
708,573

-Languages
Arabic is the official language, though, English is widely used especially in the business world. Persian is also spoken as is Hindi.

-Time zone
3 hours prior to GMT

Currency
Bahraini Dinar

-Average January temperatures
17 ºCelsius
-Average July temperatures
34 ºCelsius
Annual Rainfall:
75 mm
…..iv- Exchange Rates

1 EURO = 0.517777 BHD
1 BHD = 1.93133 EUR

1 POUND = 0.571326 BHD
1 BHD = 1.75031 GBP

1 DOLLAR = 0.376969 BHD
1 BHD = 2.65274 USD