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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
BS
Short name
BAHAMAS
Short name lower case
Bahamas (the)
Full name
the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Alpha-3 code
BHS
Numeric code
044
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
en eng Bahamas (the)

Subdivisions

31 district (en) / district (fr)

List source

BET 1996; http://www.geonames.de/coubs.html; http://www.statoids.com/ubs.html; http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_37.html#Ch37s3; http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/A5FB7665F3E4341306256F0000763055

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
district BS-AK* Acklins en
district BS-BY* Berry Islands en
district BS-BI* Bimini en
district BS-BP* Black Point en
district BS-CI* Cat Island en
district BS-CO* Central Abaco en
district BS-CS* Central Andros en
district BS-CE* Central Eleuthera en
district BS-FP* City of Freeport en
district BS-CK* Crooked Island and Long Cay en
district BS-EG* East Grand Bahama en
district BS-EX* Exuma en
district BS-GC* Grand Cay en
district BS-HI* Harbour Island en
district BS-HT* Hope Town en
district BS-IN* Inagua en
district BS-LI* Long Island en
district BS-MC* Mangrove Cay en
district BS-MG* Mayaguana en
district BS-MI* Moore's Island en
district BS-NO* North Abaco en
district BS-NS* North Andros en
district BS-NE* North Eleuthera en
district BS-RI* Ragged Island en
district BS-RC* Rum Cay en
district BS-SS* San Salvador en
district BS-SO* South Abaco en
district BS-SA* South Andros en
district BS-SE* South Eleuthera en
district BS-SW* Spanish Wells en
district BS-WG* West Grand Bahama en

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2011-12-13 Correction of NL II-2 for toponyms and typographical errors, one deletion and source list update. Reprise de la NL II-2 concernant le libellé de toponymes, une suppression, une correction typo et mise à jour de la liste source.
2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Mise à jour résultant de la réalité du découpage administratif et mise à jour de la liste source.