ISO 3166-2:BH

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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.

Contents

Currently for Bahrain, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for four governorates. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BH, 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)
[note 1] 		Subdivision name (en)
[note 2]
BH-13 Al ‘Āşimah Al Manāmahمحافظة العاصمةCapital Governorate
BH-14 Al Janūbīyah المحافظة الجنوبيةSouthern Governorate
BH-15 Al Muḩarraq محافظة المحرقMuharraq Governorate
BH-17 Ash Shamālīyah المحافظة 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.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-8 2007-04-17Modification of the administrative structureSubdivision layout:
12 regions (see below)
→ 5 governorates

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

Effective date of changeShort description of change (en)
2015-11-27Change of subdivision name for BH-13; deletion of a governorate BH-16; update List Source

Codes before Newsletter I-8

Former codeSubdivision name
BH-01 Al Ḩadd
BH-03 Al Manāmah
BH-10 Al Minţaqah al Gharbīyah
BH-07 Al Minţaqah al Wusţá
BH-05 Al Minţaqah ash Shamālīyah
BH-02 Al Muḩarraq
BH-09 Ar Rifāٰ
BH-04 Jidd Ḩafş
BH-12 Madīnat Ḩamad
BH-08 Madīnat ٰĪsá
BH-11 Minţaqat Juzur Ḩawār
BH-06 Sitrah

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