ISO 3166-2:BH explained

ISO 3166-2:BH is the entry for Bahrain in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Bahrain, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 4 governorates. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bahrain. The second part is two digits (13 - 17, with the exception of 16, which was assigned to Al Wusţá before its abolition in 2014).

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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CodeSubdivision name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Local variantSubdivision name (ar)
[1]
Subdivision name (en)
[2]
Al ‘ĀşimahAl Manāmahمحافظة العاصمةCapital Governorate
Al Janūbīyahالمحافظة الجنوبيةSouthern Governorate
Al Muḩarraqمحافظة المحرقMuharraq Governorate
Ash Shamālīyahالمحافظة الشماليةNorthern Governorate

Notes

  1. For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Codes before Newsletter I-8

Former codeSubdivision name
Al Manāmah
Al Minţaqah al Gharbīyah
Al Minţaqah al Wusţá
Al Minţaqah ash Shamālīyah
Al Muḩarraq
Ar Rifāٰ
Jidd Ḩafş
Madīnat ٰĪsá
Minţaqat Juzur Ḩawār
Sitrah

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