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Elephants Can't Jump
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Firefish Ltd
29 full time staff, operating in all corners of the globe, on all manner of projects. No methodology is squashed to fit. We approach each brief with fresh eyes and minds, to make sure you get the most out of your research, helping your brand move forward.
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Grass Roots
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DIGITAL-MR
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An Introduction to Bahrain
Officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (from the Arabic 'Mamlakat al Bahrayn' - Kingdom of the Two Seas), this is a small island nation made up of an archipelago of thirty-three islands in the Persian Gulf and ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family who captured the country from the Persians in 1783. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971. See full country profile.Latest Research News from Middle East
GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy
AREA: 741 sq. km
POPULATION: 728,709 (includes 235,108 non-nationals) (July 2010)
MAJOR LANGUAGE: Arabic
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Officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (from the Arabic 'Mamlakat al Bahrayn' - Kingdom of the Two Seas), this is a small island nation made up of an archipelago of thirty-three islands in the Persian Gulf and ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family who captured the country from the Persians in 1783. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971.
Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbours. Facing a decline in the oil reserves which are the source of its wealth, Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has transformed itself into an international banking centre.
GDP: $28.31 bn (2009), $38,800 per capita
Religions Muslim (Shia and Sunni) 81.2%, Christian 9%, other 9.8% (2001 census)
Currency: Bahraini Dinar (BHD) (1 BHD = 1.69 GBP)
Telephone Code: +973
www.bahrainchamber.org.bh/en/Default.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14540571
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bahrain
Research Industry
Bahrain has no MR association and no locally-based research providers as far as we know.According to the CIA World Factbook, Bahrain exported $USD 12.65 billion worth of goods in 2009. Exports comprised petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles, and went principally to India, and Saudi Arabia.
Imports in the same year were worth $USD 10.95 billion, consisting of crude oil, machinery, chemicals, mostly from Saudi Arabia, France, US, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany and the UK.
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