Bahrain

Bahrain (Arabic: البحرين‎), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين‎), is an island country in the Persian Gulf. The sovereign state comprises a small archipelago centered around Bahrain Island, situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the 25-kilometre (16 mi) King Fahd Causeway.