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Geography and Environment: Bahrain

Includes online maps, links to other map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources.

Created and maintained by the
 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Bahrain)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.

Bahrain 2001 - Introduction Geography, People, Government, Economy (http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/bahrain/)
It gives information about Bahraini people, government, and economy of the country.

Bahrain National Gas Co. Web Site (http://www.banagas.com.bh/)
It provides information about natural gas and related energy services in Bahrain.

Development Gateway Country Overview
(http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do~country=bh~iso3=BHR)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Discover Bahrain (http://www.discoverbahrain.com/)
This site gives information about Bahrain includes historical sites, cultural sports, and marks and maps.

Europa Technologies Ltd. - Bahrain Maps (http://www.europa-tech.com/gallery/gallery_205942.htm)
Site provides maps of Bahrain.

Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.

Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BA/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.

International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/ba.htm)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.

MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp?country=BH)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.

Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.

Princeton University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.

Survey and Land Registration Bureau (http://www.slrb.gov.bh/)
The Survey and Land Registration Bureau took part in the Bahrain international real estate exhibition 2006, which was organized by the Bahrain engineering society with collaboration of the Bahrain Convention and Exhibition Authority.

UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/bahrain.html)
The University of Texas' Perry Castañeda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.

United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.

United States. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bhtoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.

United States. Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.

University of Texas Middle East Website (http://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Bahrain/)
The Middle East Network Information Center. A public service of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Weather Underground Bahrain. Bahrain Forecast (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=bahrain)
It gives information about the weather for Bahrain and any country.

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