
FIPS 10-4 Change Notice 12, dated 2007-06-11, has FIPS codes for the new governorates. The table has been updated accordingly. It uses different Arabic names for some of the divisions, which I report as variants under "Other names of subdivisions".
ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, shows ISO governorate codes for the new administrative structure of Bahrain. They are shown in the table below.
Peter Wagner called my attention to a change in Bahrain. On 2002-07-03, Decree-Law No. 17 for 2002 was issued. It created five
governorates as the primary administrative divisions of Bahrain. They are shown in this table. For their relationship to the
older regions, see the second table. Each of the governorates is divided into ten constituencies. A map of the governorates may
be found on page 12 of this PDF file
.
Elections were held for the municipal councils (the ruling bodies of the governorates) in May, 2002, perhaps in anticipation of
the decree's effective date.

| Short name | BAHRAIN |
| ISO code | BH |
| FIPS code | BA |
| Language | Arabic (ar) |
| Time zone | +3 |
| Capital | Manama |
Bahrain was a British protectorate until 1971-08-15, when it became independent.


Arabic al-bahrayn: the two seas

Bahrain is divided into five governorates.
| Division | HASC | ISO | FIPS | Population | Arabic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | BH.CA | 13 | BA16 | 163,696 | Al Manamah |
| Central | BH.CE | 16 | BA19 | 167,691 | Al Wusta |
| Muharraq | BH.MU | 15 | BA15 | 103,576 | Al Muharraq |
| Northern | BH.NO | 17 | BA18 | 166,824 | Ash Shamaliyah |
| Southern | BH.SO | 14 | BA17 | 44,764 | Al Janubiyah |
| 5 governorates | 650,604 | ||||
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Bahrain consists entirely of islands in the Gulf of Bahrain, an arm of the Persian Gulf. The largest is Bahrain itself. Near it are Al Muharraq, Sitrah, and Umm Nasan, all connected to it by causeways. Just off the coast of Qatar is Hawar Island and some neighboring islets. Qatar also claims this group.


available on the Internet,
supposedly titled Bahrain in Figures 2000, which lists the area and population figures by region according to the 2001 census,
along with areas. There is also a document titled "Bahrain
in Figures 1999
", with 1991 census data.| Division | HASC | ISO | FIPS | 2001 | 1991 | 1971 | Area(km.²) | Area(mi.²) | Capital | Governorate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hadd | BH.HD | 01 | BA01 | 11,637 | 8,610 | 5,300 | 11 | 4 | Al Hadd | Muharraq |
| Al Manamah | BH.MN | 03 | BA02 | 153,395 | 136,999 | 89,400 | 27 | 10 | Manama | Capital |
| Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah | BH.MG | 10 | BA08 | 26,149 | 22,034 | 8,700 | 157 | 61 | Northern, Southern | |
| Al Mintaqah al Wusta | BH.MW | 07 | BA11 | 49,969 | 34,304 | 6,700 | 35 | 14 | Central, Northern | |
| Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah | BH.MS | 05 | BA10 | 43,691 | 33,763 | 10,600 | 37 | 14 | Northern | |
| Al Muharraq | BH.MQ | 02 | BA03 | 91,939 | 74,245 | 44,200 | 21 | 8 | Al Muharraq | Muharraq |
| Ar Rifa` wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah | BH.RF | 09 | BA13 | 79,985 | 49,752 | 12,600 | 292 | 113 | Ar Rifa al Gharbi | Southern, Central |
| Jidd Hafs | BH.JH | 04 | BA05 | 52,450 | 44,769 | 19,500 | 24 | 9 | Jidd Hafs | Northern, Capital |
| Madinat Hamad | BH.MH | 12 | BA14 | 52,718 | 29,055 | 13 | 5 | Northern | ||
| Madinat `Isa | BH.MI | 08 | BA12 | 36,833 | 34,509 | 7,500 | 12 | 5 | Central | |
| Mintaqat Juzur Hawar | BH.MJ | 11 | BA09 | 3,875 | 3,242 | 52 | 20 | Southern | ||
| Sitrah | BH.ST | 06 | BA06 | 43,910 | 36,755 | 11,300 | 29 | 11 | Sitrah | Central |
| 12 regions | 650,604 | 508,037 | 215,800 | 712 | 275 | |||||
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Postal codes are three or four digits. They consist of the ISO region code followed by two additional digits, with the leading zero suppressed.

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