Bahrain Grand Prix Location - Sakhir

The International Grand Prix circuit is located just a stone throw away from the west coast of Bahrain, a tiny island in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain is the smallest Arab state and is joined to Saudi Arabia by a bridge that stretches 25 kilometres over the water. A new bridge is currently under construction that will double the length and will link Bahrain to Qatar. The country is so small that the international airport in nearby Saudi Arabia actually covers more land. For almost 200 years Bahrain was a protectorate of the UK but gained full independence in 1971. In 2002 the state officially became a 'Kingdom'. It was the first country in the whole region to discover oil, and the country di very well when business started booming in the late eighties. To this day it has the fastest growing economy in the Arab world.

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