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OPEN MINDS Series
Participating Country Information
The United States of America (USA)
Full country name: The United States of America (USA)
Population: 285,000,000
Area: 3,618,000 sq miles (9,370,000 sq km)
Capital city: Washington, DC (pop: 570,000)
People: Caucasian (71%), African American (12%), Latino (12%), Asian (4%), Native American (0.9%)
Languages: English, plus many secondary languages, chiefly Spanish
Religion: Protestant (56%), Roman Catholic (28%), Jewish (2%), Muslim (1%)
Government: Federal republic of 50 states
President: George W Bush
Location: One the North American Continent between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, bordering with Mexico in the South and Canada in the North.
United Kingdom (UK)
Full country name(s): England (includes England); Great Britain (includes England, Scotland and Wales); the United Kingdom (includes England, Scotland, Whales, Northern Ireland and other territories)
Area: 244,820 sq km
Population: 59 million
Capital city: London
People: Anglo-Saxons, Scots, Welsh, Irish, West Indians, Pakistanis, Indians
Language: English, Welsh, Scottish and Gaelic
Religion: Church of England, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister: Tony Blair
Location: Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
Full country name: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
Area: 102,173 sq km
Population: 11.2 million
Capital city: Belgrade (population 1.5 million)
People: Serb 63%, Albanian 14%, Montenegrin 6%, Hungarian, Croatian, Gypsy, Magyar
Language: Serbian (Latin & Cyrillic alphabets)
Religion: Serbian Orthodox, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Government: Republic
President: Vojislav Kostunica
Prime Minister: Zoran Djindjic
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic sea and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Croatia.
The Kingdom of Bahrain
Area: 710.90 Km
Population: 666.400
Capital city: Manama (pop 175,000)
People: Bahraini (63%), Asian (13%), Iranian (8%), other Arab (10%)
Language: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Religion: Shi'a Muslim (70%), Sunni Muslim (15%), other religions and indigenous beliefs
Government: Absolute monarchy
Head of state: His Majesty Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain
Head of Government: Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa
Location: Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia.
Ireland and Northern Ireland
Full country name: Ireland & Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom)
Area: 84,421 sq km/52,341 sq mi (70,282 sq km/43,575 sq mi in the Republic; 14,139 sq km/8,766 sq mi in the North)
Population: 5.2 million (3.6 million in Ireland; 1.6 million in Northern Ireland)
Capital city: Dublin (population 1.5 million)
People: Irish
Language: English, Irish (around 83,000 native speakers)
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 3.4% Protestant in the Republic; 60% Protestant, 40% Roman Catholic in the Northern Ireland
Government: Democracy
Head of state: Mary McAleese (Republic), Queen Elizabeth II (Northern Ireland)
Prime Minister: Bertie Ahern (Republic), Tony Blair (Northern Ireland)
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Map of The Kingdom of Bahrain by Magellan GeographixSM.
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