Kingdom of Bahrain | |
BRN | |
The Bahrain flag is in two colors, red represents the Khawarij sect of the Islamic Shiites, and white is added to distinguish it from neighboring tribes and nations. The vertically extending zigzag line has five vertices and represents the five lines of Islam (confession of faith, worship, fasting, gratitude, pilgrimage). | |
area | 769.8 square kilometers | |
population | 1.484 million people (2019) | |
capital | Manama | |
language | Arabic | |
currency | Bahraini Dinar (BD) | |
climate | Bahrain temperature and precipitation | |
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