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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bahrain</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 247 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-247" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">247 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbd mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A3%E1%88%95%E1%88%AC%E1%8A%95" title="ባሕሬን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ባሕሬን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरीन – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="बहरीन" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Баҳреин – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Баҳреин" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86" title="البحرين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="البحرين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%92%DC%9A%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%A2" title="ܒܚܪܝܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܒܚܪܝܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B0%D6%80%D5%A7%D5%B5%D5%B6" title="Պահրէյն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պահրէյն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahr%C3%A8yin" title="Bahrèyin – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Bahrèyin" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="বাহৰেইন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বাহৰেইন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%E1%B8%A5r%C3%A9in" title="Baḥréin – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Baḥréin" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="बहराइन – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="बहराइन" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Var%C3%A9%C4%A9" title="Varéĩ – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Varéĩ" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D3%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="БахӀрайн – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="БахӀрайн" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%99hreyn" title="Bəhreyn – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bəhreyn" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرئین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بحرئین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="বাহরাইন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বাহরাইন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрэйн – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бахрэйн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрэйн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бахрэйн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरीन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बहरीन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharein" title="Baharein – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Baharein" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B7%E0%BD%A7%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%A1%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="བྷཧ་རཡིན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བྷཧ་རཡིན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%BB%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Баһрэйн – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Баһрэйн" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareyn" title="Bareyn – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bareyn" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahr%C3%A9in" title="Bahréin – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Bahréin" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhahareyini" title="Bhahareyini – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Bhahareyini" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareine" title="Bareine – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Bareine" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86" title="لبحرين – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="لبحرين" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A6%DE%99%DE%B0%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%A8%DE%82%DE%B0" title="ބަޙްރައިން – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބަޙްރައިން" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="बहराइन – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="बहराइन" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dz mw-list-item"><a href="https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A7%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B" title="བཧ་རེན་ – Dzongkha" lang="dz" hreflang="dz" data-title="བཧ་རེན་" data-language-autonym="ཇོང་ཁ" data-language-local-name="Dzongkha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ཇོང་ཁ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%87%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BD" title="Μπαχρέιν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπαχρέιν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Бахрейн Мастор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Бахрейн Мастор" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%C3%A9in" title="Baréin – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Baréin" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barejno" title="Barejno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Barejno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barain" title="Barain – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Barain" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahre%C3%AFn" title="Bahreïn – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bahreïn" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachrein" title="Bachrein – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bachrein" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bair%C3%A9in" title="Bairéin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bairéin" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreyn" title="Bahreyn – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Bahreyn" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachrain" title="Bachrain – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Bachrain" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A8" title="બહેરીન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="બહેરીન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरैन – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="बहरैन" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B8" title="바레인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바레인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharen" title="Baharen – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Baharen" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharaina" title="Baharaina – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Baharaina" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%B0%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6" title="Բահրեյն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բահրեյն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरीन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बहरीन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="বাহরাইন – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বাহরাইন" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barein" title="Barein – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Barein" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="בחריין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בחריין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಬಹರೇನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬಹರೇನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barein" title="Barein – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Barein" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ბაჰრეინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბაჰრეინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreyn" title="Bahreyn – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Bahreyn" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahirayini" title="Bahirayini – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Bahirayini" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barayn" title="Barayn – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Barayn" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%C3%A9yn" title="Baréyn – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Baréyn" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behreyn" title="Behreyn – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Behreyn" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B2%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A3%E0%BA%99" title="ປະເທດບາເຣນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະເທດບາເຣນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharina" title="Baharina – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Baharina" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreina" title="Bahreina – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bahreina" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8C%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Багьрейн – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Багьрейн" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreinas" title="Bahreinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bahreinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barain" title="Barain – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Barain" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="बहराइन – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="बहराइन" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Бахреин – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бахреин" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareina" title="Bareina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bareina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%88%E0%B5%BB" title="ബഹ്റൈൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബഹ്റൈൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C4%A7rejn" title="Baħrejn – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Baħrejn" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81reina" title="Pāreina – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Pāreina" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरैन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बहरैन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ბაჰრეინი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბაჰრეინი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86" title="البحرين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="البحرين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9F" title="ꯕꯥꯍꯔꯦꯟ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯕꯥꯍꯔꯦꯟ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрэйн – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Бахрэйн" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="ဘာရိန်းနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘာရိန်းနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagraain" title="Bagraain – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Bagraain" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="बहराइन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बहराइन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरिन – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="बहरिन" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3" title="バーレーン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バーレーン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахьрайн – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бахьрайн" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachrain" title="Bachrain – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Bachrain" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barain" title="Barain – Pitcairn-Norfolk" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Barain" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Pitcairn-Norfolk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barayn" title="Barayn – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Barayn" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrayn" title="Bahrayn – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bahrayn" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A8" title="ବାହାରିନ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ବାହାରିନ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baahireen" title="Baahireen – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Baahireen" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrayn" title="Bahrayn – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bahrayn" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8" title="ਬਹਿਰੀਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਹਿਰੀਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरैन – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="बहरैन" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parin" title="Parin – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Parin" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarien" title="Baarien – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Baarien" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9F%89%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%93" title="បារ៉ែន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="បារ៉ែន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxreyn" title="Baxreyn – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Baxreyn" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreyn" title="Bahreyn – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Bahreyn" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paqrayin" title="Paqrayin – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Paqrayin" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0h%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Баhрейн – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Баhрейн" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareina" title="Pareina – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Pareina" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8" title="बहरैन – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="बहरैन" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1" title="ᱵᱟᱦᱚᱨᱟᱭᱤᱱ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱟᱦᱚᱨᱟᱭᱤᱱ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreini" title="Bahreini – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bahreini" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="බහරේනය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බහරේනය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86" title="بحرين – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بحرين" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBhaharayi" title="IBhaharayi – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="IBhaharayi" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrajn" title="Bahrajn – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Bahrajn" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxrayn" title="Baxrayn – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Baxrayn" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بەحرەین – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بەحرەین" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Бахреин – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бахреин" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="பகுரைன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பகுரைன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lba%E1%B8%A5rin" title="Lbaḥrin – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Lbaḥrin" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" data-language-local-name="Tachelhit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taclḥit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%E1%B8%A5rin" title="Beḥrin – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Beḥrin" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D3%99%D1%85%D1%80%D3%99%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бәхрәйн – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бәхрәйн" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B5%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="မိူင်းပႃႇရဵၼ်း – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းပႃႇရဵၼ်း" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Atayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Atayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="బహ్రెయిన్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బహ్రెయిన్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barein" title="Barein – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Barein" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99" title="ประเทศบาห์เรน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศบาห์เรน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Баҳрайн – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Баҳрайн" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleini" title="Paleini – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Paleini" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%86%E1%8E%AD%E1%8E%B4%E1%8E%A2%E1%8F%82" title="ᏆᎭᎴᎢᏂ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏆᎭᎴᎢᏂ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreyn" title="Bahreyn – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bahreyn" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahre%C3%BDn" title="Bahreýn – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Bahreýn" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bug mw-list-item"><a href="https://bug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%A8%85%E1%A8%96%E1%A8%91%E1%A8%95%E1%A8%97%E1%A8%8A" title="ᨅᨖᨑᨕᨗᨊ – Buginese" lang="bug" hreflang="bug" data-title="ᨅᨖᨑᨕᨗᨊ" data-language-autonym="Basa Ugi" data-language-local-name="Buginese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Ugi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бахрейн – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бахрейн" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحرین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بحرین" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%DA%BE%D8%B1%DB%95%D9%8A%D9%89%D9%86" title="بەھرەيىن – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="بەھرەيىن" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahru%C3%A4ns" title="Bahruäns – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Bahruäns" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrein" title="Bahrein – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Bahrein" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%9E%97" title="巴林 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="巴林" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahreyn" title="Bahreyn – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Bahreyn" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barein" title="Barein – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Barein" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrayni" title="Bahrayni – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Bahrayni" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%9E%97" title="巴林 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="巴林" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ts mw-list-item"><a href="https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Tsonga" lang="ts" hreflang="ts" data-title="Bahrain" data-language-autonym="Xitsonga" data-language-local-name="Tsonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Xitsonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="באכריין – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="באכריין" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1h%C3%A1r%C3%A1%C3%ACn%C3%AC" title="Báháráìnì – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Báháráìnì" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue 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title="Bahreins – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Bahreins" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%9E%97" title="巴林 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="巴林" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahr%C3%A9n" title="Bahrén – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Bahrén" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Betawi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dtp mw-list-item"><a href="https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain – Central Dusun" lang="dtp" hreflang="dtp" 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bahrain&params=26_13_N_50_35_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°13′N</span> <span class="longitude">50°35′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.217°N 50.583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.217; 50.583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bahraini" class="mw-disambig" title="Bahraini">Bahraini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Monarchy">Constitutional Monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/King_of_Bahrain" title="King of Bahrain">King</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" title="Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a><sup id="cite_ref-King_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_Bahraini_throne" class="mw-redirect" title="Line of succession to the Bahraini throne">Crown Prince</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salman_bin_Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bahrain" title="Prime Minister of Bahrain">Prime Minister</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salman_bin_Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Bahrain" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Bahrain">National Assembly of Bahrain</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">Independence</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• From <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Persia">Persia</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1783</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Termination of special treaty with the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1971</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">750 km<sup>2</sup> (290 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">185th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2010 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,234,571<sup id="cite_ref-2010-census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010-census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">155th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,646.1/km<sup>2</sup> (4,263.4/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">7th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2011 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$30.963 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$27,433<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2011 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$26.484 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$23,465<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.806<sup id="cite_ref-HDI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:darkgreen">very high</span></span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">42nd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bahraini_dinar" title="Bahraini dinar">Bahraini dinar</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">BHD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+3</span> (AST)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="Right- and left-hand traffic">Right</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Bahrain" title="Telephone numbers in Bahrain">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Bahrain" title="Telephone numbers in Bahrain">973</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_3166-2:BH&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 3166-2:BH (not yet started)">BH</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.bh" class="mw-redirect" title=".bh">.bh</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bahrain</b> (officially called <b>Kingdom of Bahrain</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">island</a> country in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> is to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the <a href="/wiki/King_Fahd_Causeway" title="King Fahd Causeway">King Fahd Causeway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> is to the south across the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Qatar-Bahrain_Friendship_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge">Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge</a>, not yet built, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed bridge in the world. Qatar and Bahrain's flag is the same design but not the same colors because Qatar is white and maroon and Bahrain is white and red. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People have lived in Bahrain before there was writing. It has been ruled and influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Assyrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babylonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Babylonian">Babylonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persians" class="mw-redirect" title="Persians">Persians</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>, who made the island <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>. Bahrain was in old times known as <a href="/wiki/Dilmun" title="Dilmun">Dilmun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tylos" title="Tylos">Tylos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awal" title="Awal">Awal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mishmahig" class="mw-redirect" title="Mishmahig">Mishmahig</a>. </p><p>The islands of Bahrain, set in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, have attracted many invaders in history. The word <i>Bahrain</i>, "Two Seas", means that the islands contain two kinds of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the sea. </p><p>A location between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and <a href="/wiki/Pearl" title="Pearl">pearls</a> made Bahrain important in history. About <a href="/wiki/2300_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="2300 BC">2300 BC</a>, Bahrain started trading with <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Indus_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indus Valley (not yet started)">Indus Valley</a> (now near <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>). It was then called Delmon, and was linked to the <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumerian Civilization</a> about <a href="/wiki/2000_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 BC">2000 BC</a>. Bahrain also became part of the <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylonian</a> empire about <a href="/wiki/600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="600 BC">600 BC</a>. Historical records called Bahrain the "Life of Eternity", "Paradise", the "Pearl of the Persian Gulf" and other names. </p><p>Until <a href="/wiki/1521" title="1521">1521</a>, Bahrain also ruled <a href="/wiki/Al-Hasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Hasa">Al-Hasa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a> (both are now the eastern province of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>) and Awal (now the Bahrain Islands). The country had all of the land from what is now <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> to <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>. This was called <i>Iqlim Al-Bahrain</i> (Province of Bahrain). In 1521, the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> took Awal (now Bahrain) from the rest and since then the name of Bahrain only means today's Bahrain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Modern history" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Modern history"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern history of Bahrain begins with <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> exploring the area, trying to keep <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> from taking more land. The British gave support to the <a href="/wiki/Al-Khalifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Khalifa">Al-Khalifa</a> family, who made a power base in the island and allied with the British to keep the island from Iran. The British got free passage to the Persian Gulf through this agreement. In November of <a href="/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian parliament">Iranian parliament</a> declared that Bahrain was the Fourteenth Province of Iran. Later the British would become involved in the politics of Bahrain by choosing an Emir of the island. Iran and Britain later agreed that the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary_General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Secretary General">United Nations Secretary General</a> would judge the political situation in Bahrain. In a <a href="/wiki/Plebiscite" title="Plebiscite">Plebiscite</a> to decide the country's future, the majority of the people of Bahrain chose to reject Iran's claims, and to define their country and their culture to be Arabic, and not Persian. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">Oil</a> was found in the early <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a> and brought modern improvements to the country. Relations with the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> also became closer, and the British brought more military bases to the nation. British influence grew, until <a href="/wiki/Charles_Belgrave" title="Charles Belgrave">Charles Belgrave</a> became an advisor; Belgrave brought modern education to Bahrain. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, anti-British feeling spread through the Arab world and led to riots in Bahrain. The British left Bahrain in <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a>, making it an independent country. The sales of more oil in the <a href="/wiki/1980s" title="1980s">1980s</a> brought money to Bahrain, but even when the sales of oil decreased in later years, it did not cause as many problems in Bahrain as in other oil countries, because the economy of Bahrain had grown into other areas. </p><p>In 1973 the election of first parliament was done but the government stopped & dissociate the parliament in 1975 which result in strong protests by the Bahraini opposition (Moderate Islamic & non-Islamist opposition). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>, many highly educated Bahraini people signed a letter to Prince of Bahrain at that time <a href="/wiki/Isa_bin_Salman_Al_Khalifa" title="Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa">Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa</a> to re-establish the parliament life which is strongly refused & the leader of the opposition at that time Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Abdulamir_Aljamri" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdulamir Aljamri">Abdulamir Aljamri</a> was jailed then a huge protest & conflicts occurs between Bahraini nation & the armed forces. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh">Sheikh</a> <a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" title="Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a> followed his father as <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and called for elections for parliament to resolve the congestion that occurred over that last period. The women were given the right to vote and the new ruler released all political prisoners in 2001. </p><p>In 2002 the King released a new constitution without any voting from the nation & canceled 1973 constitution which caused strong refuse from the most of nation parties & opposition. The situations became worse later & some of political activists were jailed like <a href="/wiki/Abdulhadi_Al-Khuwajah" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdulhadi Al-Khuwajah">Abdulhadi Al-Khuwajah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hasan_Mushaima" title="Hasan Mushaima">Hasan Mushaima</a>. </p><p>Many political websites that refused these changes were blocked like Bahrain online forum (the most popular website in Bahrain): www.bahrainonline.org;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2009 there were many <a href="/wiki/Riot" title="Riot">riots</a> & <a href="/wiki/Conflict" title="Conflict">conflicts</a> especially from Shia group which faces a huge organized discrimination according to <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> & <a href="/wiki/US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congress">US Congress</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_in_Bahrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 in Bahrain (not yet started)">2023</a>, Around 700-1000 political detainees in Bahrain begin a <a href="/wiki/Hunger_strike" title="Hunger strike">hunger strike</a> demanding an end to <a href="/wiki/Solitary_confinement" title="Solitary confinement">solitary confinement</a>, access to medical care and religious freedom (right to pray together in groups). A large number of <a href="/wiki/Bahraini_people" title="Bahraini people">Bahrainis</a> came on streets of <a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a> in support of prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hunger strike was suspended after a week as the Bahraini officials agreed to the demands but many prisoners went back to hunger strike again the next day itself, as they say none of the demands were fulfilled.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Politics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Politics"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bahrain is a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> ruled by the King, <a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" title="Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a>. The head of government is the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bahrain" title="Prime Minister of Bahrain">Prime Minister</a>, which is currently held by Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Salman_bin_Hamad_bin_Isa_Al_Khalifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa">Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa</a>. <a href="/wiki/Khalifa_bin_Salman_Al_Khalifa" title="Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa">Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa</a> was the country's first prime minister from 1971 until his death in 2020. The prime minister has a cabinet of 15 members. </p><p>Bahrain has a <a href="/wiki/Bicameral_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral legislature">bicameral legislature</a> with a lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, elected by all of the people and the upper house, the Shura Council, appointed by the King. Both houses have forty members. The first elections were held in <a href="/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>, with Members of Parliament serving four year terms. </p><p>Women were given the right to vote and stand in national elections for the first time in 2003 election, but no women were elected to office that year, and Shia and Sunni Islamists won a majority of seats. Because no women were elected, six were appointed to the Shura Council, which also includes members of the Kingdom’s <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a> people. </p><p>The King recently created the Supreme Judicial Council to organise the country's courts and the government offices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governorates">Governorates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Governorates" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Governorates"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bahrain is split into five <a href="/wiki/Governorate" title="Governorate">governorates</a>. Until <a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> <a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>, it was divided into twelve municipalities. </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Governorate">Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Governorate" title="Central Governorate">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muharraq_Governorate" title="Muharraq Governorate">Muharraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Governorate" title="Northern Governorate">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Governorate" title="Southern Governorate">Southern</a></li></ol> <p>For further information, see: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.capital.gov.bh/pages/pdf/govlawe.pdf">Decree-Law establishing governorates</a> from the Bahrain official website. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Cities" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Cities"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg/200px-Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg/300px-Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg/400px-Road_and_towers_in_Manama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="981" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a>, Capital of Bahrain</figcaption></figure> <p>The largest cities in Bahrain are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a> - 154,700</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riffa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riffa (not yet started)">Riffa</a> - 111,000</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muharraq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Muharraq (not yet started)">Muharraq</a> - 98,800</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madinat_Hamad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madinat Hamad (not yet started)">Hamad Town</a> - 57,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%27ali" title="A'ali">A'ali</a> - 51,400</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27Isa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="'Isa (not yet started)">Isa Town</a>- 39,800</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sitra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sitra (not yet started)">Sitra</a> - 37,100</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Budayyi%27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Budayyi' (not yet started)">Budaiya</a> - 33,200</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jidd_Haffs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jidd Haffs (not yet started)">Jidhafs</a> - 32,600</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malkiya,_Bahrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malkiya, Bahrain (not yet started)">Al-Malikiyah</a> - 14,800</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adliya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adliya (not yet started)">Adliya</a></li></ol> <p>Other towns include: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Awali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Awali (not yet started)">Awali</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diraz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diraz (not yet started)">Diraz</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Hidd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al Hidd (not yet started)">Hidd</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sar,_Bahrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sar, Bahrain (not yet started)">Sar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bani_Jamrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bani Jamrah">Bani Jamrah</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Economy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Economy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Bahrain, <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> (oil product) producing and processing is about 60% of the money from export, 60% of government money, and 30% of <a href="/wiki/Gross_Domestic_Product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross Domestic Product">Gross Domestic Product</a>. The economy has changed as the sales of oil have changed since <a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a>, for example, during and after the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a> of <a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> - <a href="/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a>. Bahrain has high quality communications and transport, and so the country is home to many international companies with business in the Persian Gulf. A large part of the country's income comes from petroleum products made from imported <a href="/wiki/Crude_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Crude oil">crude oil</a>. There are several major industrial projects being built. <a href="/wiki/Unemployment" title="Unemployment">Unemployment</a>, especially among young people, and the decrease of both oil and water resources are major economic problems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bahrain is a flat and dry <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>, with a low desert plain rising gently to a low central hill, in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Arabian Gulf</a>, east of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>. The highest point is the 122 meter <a href="/wiki/Jabal_ad_Dukhan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal ad Dukhan">Jabal ad Dukhan</a> ("Mountain of Smoke"). </p><p>Bahrain has a total area of 620 <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometre" title="Square kilometre">km²</a>, which is a few square kilometres larger than the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>. As an archipelago of 33 islands, Bahrain does not share a land border with any other country, but it does have a 161 km coast line and claims a further 12 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Nautical mile">nm</a> of <a href="/wiki/Territorial_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial sea">territorial sea</a> and a 24 nm <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Contiguous zone">contiguous zone</a>. Bahrain enjoys mild winters and has very hot, humid summers. </p><p>Bahrain's natural resources include large amounts of oil <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>. Only 1% of the country includes land where crops can be grown. 92% of Bahrain is desert, and <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">droughts</a> and dust storms are the main natural dangers. </p><p>Environmental problems in Bahrain include <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>, which is causing the land where crops can be grown to decrease, and damage to coast lines, <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a>, and sea vegetation caused by <a href="/wiki/Oil_spill" title="Oil spill">oil spills</a> from large <a href="/wiki/Tanker" class="mw-disambig" title="Tanker">tankers</a> and oil <a href="/wiki/Refinery" title="Refinery">refineries</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_the_people">About the people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: About the people" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: About the people"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official religion of Bahrain is <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>; most of the people are <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a Islam">Shi'a</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Muslims</a>, but there are also small <a href="/wiki/Jew" title="Jew">Jewish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a> minorities. Most Bahrainis are Arabs, although some tribes came from <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Persia">Persia</a>. Today, many of the people in Bahrain are <a href="/wiki/Guest_worker" title="Guest worker">guest workers</a> who come from <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. A <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> article from <a href="/wiki/31_May" class="mw-redirect" title="31 May">31 May</a> <a href="/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> found that "Bahrain is a polyglot (speaking many languages) state, both religiously and racially. Leaving aside the temporary immigrants of the past 10 years, there are at least eight or nine communities (groups of people) on the island". </p><p>The present communities may be classified as Al-Khalifa, Arab tribes allied to Al-Khalifa, the <a href="/wiki/Baharnah" class="mw-redirect" title="Baharnah">Baharnah</a> (Shia Arabs), the <a href="/wiki/Howilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Howilla">Howilla</a> (Sunni Arabs from Persia), Sunni Arabs (from the mainland), <a href="/wiki/Ajam" title="Ajam">Ajam</a> (Persian Shia), <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indians</a> who traded with Bahrain and settled before the age of oil (used to be called Banyan), a tiny Jewish community, and a group which contains everyone else. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a>, Bahrain's <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a>, is as modern as other cities in the world. But life in the island's many villages (and in parts of Manama itself) remains traditional. Where there is tradition in the Persian Gulf area, there is Islamic conservatism: women cover themselves from head to foot and women travellers are expected to wear long skirts and one-piece bathing suits. Bahrain's population is 85% Muslim and Islam is the state religion. <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> is the official language, but many people speak <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. </p><p>Traditional folk art continues in several places around Bahrain: <a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhows</a> (fishing boats) are built near Manama and <a href="/wiki/Muharraq" title="Muharraq">Muharraq</a>, cloth is made at <a href="/wiki/Bani_Jamrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bani Jamrah">Bani Jamrah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> is made at <a href="/wiki/A%27ali" title="A'ali">A'ali</a>. A few <a href="/wiki/Goldsmith" title="Goldsmith">goldsmiths</a> still work in the Manama <a href="/wiki/Souk" class="mw-redirect" title="Souk">souk</a>, though much of the work is now done in other countries. One of the important parts of Bahraini culture is the drinking of traditional Arabian <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>. Traditional Arabian street food like <a href="/wiki/Shawarma" title="Shawarma">shawarma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lamb" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamb">lamb</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chicken</a> cut from a large <a href="/wiki/Spit" class="mw-redirect" title="Spit">spit</a> and served in <a href="/wiki/Pita_bread" class="mw-redirect" title="Pita bread">pita bread</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Dessert" title="Dessert">desserts</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Baklava" title="Baklava">baklava</a> are also found. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formula_One">Formula One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Formula One" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Formula One"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bahrain is the home of <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> racing in the Middle East, hosting the <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="Bahrain Grand Prix">Bahrain Grand Prix</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holidays">Holidays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Holidays" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Holidays"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#efefef;">Date </th> <th style="background:#efefef;">English Name </th> <th style="background:#efefef;">Local Name </th> <th style="background:#efefef;">Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a></td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a></td> <td>National Day</td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Accession_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Accession day">Accession Day</a></td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date </td> <td>Feast of the Sacrifice or the Big Feast </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha" class="mw-redirect" title="Eid ul-Adha">Eid ul-Adha</a> </td> <td>Commemorates <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim#Abraham_in_Islam" class="mw-disambig" title="Ibrahim">Abraham</a>'s willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs at the end of the month of <a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">hajj</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date</td> <td>the Little Feast</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr" class="mw-redirect" title="Eid ul-Fitr">Eid ul-Fitr</a> </td> <td>Commemorates end of <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date</td> <td>Hijri New Year</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a> </td> <td>Islamic New Year </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date</td> <td>Al-Isra' ul-Miraj</td> <td>- </td> <td>Commemorates Muhammad's trip to heaven </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Prophet Muhammads</a> birthday </td> <td>Mawlid al-Nabi</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>no set date</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashoura" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashoura">Ashoura</a> </td> <td>death of imam Husain Al Shaheed (AS) </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_at_the_Olympics" title="Bahrain at the Olympics">Bahrain at the Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain national football team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span 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Kingdom of Bahrain. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mofa.gov.bh/AboutBahrain/Goverment/HMtheKing/tabid/137/language/en-US/Default.aspx">the original</a> on 11 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=H.M.+the+King&rft.pub=Kingdom+of+Bahrain&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mofa.gov.bh%2FAboutBahrain%2FGoverment%2FHMtheKing%2Ftabid%2F137%2Flanguage%2Fen-US%2FDefault.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2010-census-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2010-census_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041338/http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results_en.php">"General Tables"</a>. Bahraini Census 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results_en.php">the original</a> on 22 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=General+Tables&rft.pub=Bahraini+Census+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.census2010.gov.bh%2Fresults_en.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-imf2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-imf2_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-imf2_3-1">3.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-imf2_3-2">3.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-imf2_3-3">3.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2009&ey=2016&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=24&pr1.y=10&c=419&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=">"Bahrain"</a>. International Monetary Fund<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bahrain&rft.pub=International+Monetary+Fund&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imf.org%2Fexternal%2Fpubs%2Fft%2Fweo%2F2011%2F01%2Fweodata%2Fweorept.aspx%3Fsy%3D2009%26ey%3D2016%26scsm%3D1%26ssd%3D1%26sort%3Dcountry%26ds%3D.%26br%3D1%26pr1.x%3D24%26pr1.y%3D10%26c%3D419%26s%3DNGDPD%252CNGDPDPC%252CPPPGDP%252CPPPPC%26grp%3D0%26a%3D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HDI-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-HDI_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf">"Human Development Report 2011"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Human+Development+Report+2011&rft.pub=United+Nations&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhdr.undp.org%2Fen%2Fmedia%2FHDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifex.org/dozens-of-websites-and-electronic-forums-blocked/">"Dozens of websites and electronic forums blocked"</a>. <i>IFEX</i>. 2010-09-08.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IFEX&rft.atitle=Dozens+of+websites+and+electronic+forums+blocked&rft.date=2010-09-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fifex.org%2Fdozens-of-websites-and-electronic-forums-blocked%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/28/slow-murder-hundreds-of-prisoners-stage-bahrains-largest-hunger-strike">"Slow murder: Hundreds of prisoners stage Bahrain's largest hunger strike"</a>. <i>www.aljazeera.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.aljazeera.com&rft.atitle=Slow+murder%3A+Hundreds+of+prisoners+stage+Bahrain%E2%80%99s+largest+hunger+strike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2023%2F8%2F28%2Fslow-murder-hundreds-of-prisoners-stage-bahrains-largest-hunger-strike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABahrain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199429472/the-family-of-a-jailed-bahrain-activist-says-he-has-resumed-a-hunger-strike">"The family of a jailed Bahrain activist says he has resumed a hunger strike"</a>. <i>National Public Radio</i>.</cite><span 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