Call Bahrain

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To call a fixed line in Bahrain from the United States, simply follow these straightforward calling tips:

• first dial 011, the U.S. exit code;
• next dial 973, the country code for Bahrain;
• then dial the area code (1-2 digits. See a sample calling code list below);
• and finally, dial the phone number (5–7 digits).

If calling Bahrain from any country in the world, you just need to perform the following:

• type the exit code: It’s also referred to as the IDD code (International Direct Dialing) or ISD code (International Subscriber Dialing). For most countries, it’s 00 or +. For the USA and Canada, it’s 011;
• phone code: Each country is assigned a unique country code;
• area code: This is the code for a part of Bahrain. It’s usually a general area or a city;
• local number: The local number you would like to call.

Bahrain only has one area code which is the same as the country code, namely: 973.

You’ve now learned how to dial Bahrain. With Talk360, you simply have to buy call credit and enter the mobile number you want to call.

• Bahrain is the third-smallest country in Asia – only the city-state of Singapore and the Maldives have smaller landmasses.
• Bahrain is also the smallest sovereign state in the Middle East.
• Bahrain is an island nation , but it is connected to the mainland east coast of Saudi Arabia by the King Fahd Causeway, a 25km roadway opened in 1986 that connects the two countries.
• Bahrain staged the Middle East’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2004.
• Bahrain is the biggest per-capita consumer of electricity in Asia and the third biggest in the world, after Iceland and Norway.
• Bahrain was once the seat of the empire of Dilmun (3200–330 BC), whose influence spread as far north as modern Kuwait and deep into eastern Saudi Arabia.
• There are more than 100,000 Dilmun-era burial mounds (ancient grave mounds) spread across Bahrain, most of them constructed between 2200 and 1750 BCE. 21 of these archaeological sites have been inscribed as the Dilmun Burial Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• From 1602 to 1783, Bahrain was part of the Persian Empire.
• Bahrain is an archipelago consisting of 33 natural islands and an additional 51 artificial islands created from land reclamation projects.
• Durrat Al Bahrain is a series of 14 large artificial islands that cost $6 billion (USD) to construct. The islands are designed to look like flower petals and are used for residential housing as well as tourism with luxury hotels and shopping malls.
• Since 1782 (possibly 1783), the Al Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain and is still in power today.
• Bahrain is home to the Tree of Life , a single mesquite tree planted around 1583 in the southern desert. It is still unclear what sustains the tree as there are no obvious water sources nearby.
• Bahrain has a long history of harvesting pearls from oyster beds in the Persian Gulf. Merchant buildings, shops, storehouses, a mosque, a fortress and offshore oyster beds located across Bahrain been inscribed as the ‘Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy’ UNESCO World Heritage site.
• The Bahrain World Trade Center was the world’s first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines into its design.

Source:

factsinstitute.com/countries/facts-about-bahrain/