by the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (1982) — Bahrain (1982 |noyear)
“ PEOPLE Population: 380,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 4.7% Nationality: noun—Bahraini (s) ; adjective—Bahraini Ethnic divisions: 63% Bahraini, 10% other Arab, 13% Asian, 8% Iranian, 6% other Religion: Muslim, slightly more Shias than Sunnis Language: Arabic, English also widely spoken Literacy: about 40% Labor force: 130,000 (1980 est.) ”
by the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (1982) — Bahrain (1982 |noyear)
“ Amir rules with help of a Cabinet led by Prime Minister; Amir dissolved the National Assembly in August 1975 and suspended the constitutional provision for election of the Assembly; independent judiciary Government leader: Amir 'Isa bin Salman Al KHALIFA Political parties and pressure groups: political parties prohibited; several small, clandestine leftist and Shia Fundamentalist groups are active Communists: negligible Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto) , GCC, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ISCON, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO ECONOMY GDP: $1.8 billion (1980 est.) ”
