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Bahrain

An independent state, an archipelago in the western persian gulf, northwest of qatar. It comprises low-lying islands of bahrain (the largest), muharraq, sitra, and several islets. It has extensive oil fields. The name comes from the arabic al-bahrayn, the two seas, with reference to its lying in the middle of a bay with its two seas east and west of it.