Bahrain Island
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largest island within the archipelago of Bahrain
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The entry is geolocated on the map in isle.
It is catalogued under topics including Islands of Bahrain and Islands of the Persian Gulf.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Gulf of Bahrain
- Archipelago
- Bahrain
- Adjacent to
- Persian Gulf
- Area
- 604 km (233 sq mi)
- Length
- 51 km (31.7 mi)
- Width
- 18 km (11.2 mi)
- Coastline
- 130 km (81 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 134 m (440 ft)
- Highest point
- Mountain of Smoke
- Governorates
- Northern Governorate Southern Governorate Capital Governorate
- Largest settlement
- Manama (pop. 350,000)
- Demonym
- Bahraini
- Population
- 940,000 (2010)
- Pop density
- 1,556/km (4030/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Bahraini , non-Bahraini
- Time zone
- AST ( UTC+3 )
- Iso code
- BH-14
- Official website
- www .bahrain .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Bahrain
- Country
- Bahrain
- Located in
- Bahrain
- Population
- 1100000
- Area
- 673
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Persian Gulf
- Highest point
- Mountain of Smoke
- Image
- Bahrain, astronaut photograph.jpg
- Width
- 16
- Length
- 48
- Perimeter
- 130
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- topic's main category
- Category:Islands of Bahrain
- Commons category
- Islands of Bahrain
- different from
- Bahrain
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Encyclopedic overview
Bahrain Island (Arabic: جزيرة البحرين Jazīrah al-Baḥrayn), also known as Awal Island and formerly as Bahrein, is the largest island within the archipelago of Bahrain, and forms the bulk of the country's land mass while hosting the majority of its population.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bahrain Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.