ISO 3166-2:BH is the entry for Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for Bahrain, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 5 governorates

Governorates of Bahrain

Bahrain is split into five governorates. These governorates are:- Former municipalities :Bahrain was formerly split into twelve municipalities that were all administered from the capital city of Manama. On July 3, 2002, these were superseded by the five governorates of Bahrain...

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

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Bahrain. The second part is two digits (13–17).

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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Code	Subdivision name
BH-13	Al Manāmah (Al ‘Āşimah)
BH-14	Al Janūbīyah
BH-15	Al Muḩarraq Al Muharraq Governorate The Muharraq Governorate is one of the five governorates of Bahrain. It is now co-extensive with the municipality of Al Muharraq and with Muharraq Island together with outlying islets...
BH-16	Al Wusţá
BH-17	Ash Shamālīyah

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:

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
		Modification of the administrative structure	Subdivision layout: 12 regions (see below) → 5 governorates

Codes before Newsletter I-8

Code	Subdivision name
BH-01
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
BH-08	Madīnat ٰĪsá
BH-11	Minţaqat Juzur Ḩawār
BH-06	Sitrah

See also

• Subdivisions of Bahrain
• FIPS region codes of Bahrain

External links

• Governorates of Bahrain, Statoids.com