| | Geographic Coordinates: | 26 00 N, 50 33 E | | Location: | Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia | | Area: | total: 665 sq km
land: 665 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area - comparative: | 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries: | 0 km | | Coastline: | 161 km | | Terrain: | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m | | Capital: | 5 governorates; Asamah, Janubiyah, Muharraq, Shamaliyah, Wasat
note: each governorate administered by an appointed governor |
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