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Government
Long-form name: State of Bahrain.
Type: traditional monarchy.
Capital: Manama.
Administrative divisions: 11 municipalities (baladiyat,
singular--baladiyah); Al Hadd, Al Manamah, Al Mintaqah al
Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah,
Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs,
Madinat Isa, Mintaqat Juzur Hawar, Sitrah.
Independence: 15 August 1971 (from UK).
Constitution: 26 May 1973, effective 6 December 1973.
Legal system: based on Islamic law and English common law.
National holiday: National Day, 16 December.
Executive branch: amir, crown prince and heir apparent,
prime minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly was dissolved
26 August 1975 and legislative powers were assumed by the Cabinet.
Judicial branch: High Civil Appeals Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Amir Isa bin Salman Al KHALIFA (since 2 November
1961); Heir Apparent Hamad bin Isa Al KHALIFA (son of Amir; born
28 January 1950);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al KHALIFA,
(since 19 January 1970).
Political parties and pressure groups: political parties
prohibited; several small, clandestine leftist and Shia
fundamentalist groups are active.
Suffrage: none.
Elections: none.
Communists: negligible.
Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), GCC,
IBRD, ICAO, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Ghazi Muhammad AL-QUSAYBI;
Chancery at 3502 International Drive NW, Washington DC 20008;
telephone (202) 342-0741 or 342-0742; there is a Bahraini
Consulate General in New York; US--Ambassador Dr. Charles
W. HOSTLER; Embassy at Shaikh Isa Road, Manama (mailing
address is P.O. 26431, Manama, or FPO New York 09526);
telephone [973] 714151 through 714153.
Flag: red with a white serrated band (eight white points)
on the hoist side.