ISO 3166-2:BH


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, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bahrain. The second part is two digits.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
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CodeSubdivision name
Local variantSubdivision name
Subdivision name
Al ‘ĀşimahAl Manāmahمحافظة العاصمةCapital Governorate
Al Janūbīyahالمحافظة الجنوبيةSouthern Governorate
Al Muḩarraqمحافظة المحرقMuharraq Governorate
Ash Shamālīyahالمحافظة الشماليةNorthern Governorate

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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
Modification of the administrative structureSubdivision layout:
12 regions
→ 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
2015-11-27Change of subdivision name for BH-13; deletion of a governorate BH-16; update List Source

Codes before Newsletter I-8