ISO 3166-2:BS explained

ISO 3166-2:BS is the entry for the Bahamas 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 the Bahamas, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 island (New Providence) and 31 districts.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Bahamas. The second part is two letters.

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 (en)Subdivision category
Acklinsdistrict
Berry Islandsdistrict
Biminidistrict
Black Pointdistrict
Cat Islanddistrict
Central Abacodistrict
Central Androsdistrict
Central Eleutheradistrict
City of Freeportdistrict
Crooked Island and Long Caydistrict
East Grand Bahamadistrict
Exumadistrict
Grand Caydistrict
Harbour Islanddistrict
Hope Towndistrict
Inaguadistrict
Long Islanddistrict
Mangrove Caydistrict
Mayaguanadistrict
Moore's Islanddistrict
New Providenceisland
North Abacodistrict
North Androsdistrict
North Eleutheradistrict
Ragged Islanddistrict
Rum Caydistrict
San Salvadordistrict
South Abacodistrict
South Androsdistrict
South Eleutheradistrict
Spanish Wellsdistrict
West Grand Bahamadistrict

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO in 1998:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
21 districts (see below)
→ 32 districts (mistakenly listed as 31 districts in newsletter)

(corrected
)
Correction of NL II-2 for toponyms and typographical errors, one deletion and source list update.style=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions deleted:
Green Turtle Cay
Online Browsing
Platform (OBP)
2018-11-26Addition of island BS-NP; Addition of Remark; Update List SourceSubdivision added:
New Providence

Codes before Newsletter II-2

Former codeSubdivision name
Acklins and Crooked Islands
Bimini
Cat Island
Exuma
Freeport
Fresh Creek
Governor's Harbour
Green Turtle Cay
Harbour Island
High Rock
Inagua
Kemps Bay
Long Island
Marsh Harbour
Mayaguana
New Providence
Nicholls Town and Berry Islands
Ragged Island
Rock Sound
Sandy Point

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