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Location:
Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates:
26 00 N, 50 33 E
Area:
Total: 665 sq km
Land: 665 sq km
Water: 0 sq kmArea - comparative:
3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
161 km
Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone : 24 nm
Continental shelf : extending to boundaries to be determinedClimate:
Arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
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 mNatural resources:
oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls
Land use:
Arable land : 2.82%
Permanent crops: 5.63%
Other: 91.55% (2005)Irrigated land :
40 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
Periodic droughts; dust storms