Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Bahrain
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
| BAHRAIN |
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
.
| Table of Contents |
Bahrain - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Bahrain - Number format
Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵
(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)
Bahrain - Date and time formats
Bahrain - Languages
The official language is Standard Arabic . There are 300 000 speakers of Bahanra Spoken Arabic
and 100 000 speakers of Gulf Spoken Arabic
.
Bahrain - Company legal forms
Bahraini companies have these legal forms:
General Partnerships Joint Stock Companies Joint Ventures Limited Liability Companies Limited Partnerships Partnerships Limited by Shares
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Bahrain - Address format
Addresses are written in the format:
Building information number[ ]Thoroughfare Settlement[ ]postal code
for example:
or
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Bahrain - Postal codes
Note: This section last updated 9th May 2020
Bahraini postal codes (reportedly sometimes known as Block number or رقم المجمع) consist of a block of three or four digits. Those consisting of three digits refer to regions number 1 to 9. Those with four digits refer to regions 10-12. Codes range between 101 and 199 and between 1000 and 1216
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Bahrain - Postal code format graphic
Bahrain - Postal code format
Bahrain - Postal code specifics
Bahrain - Postal code regular expression
\A[1-9][0-9][0-9]\d{3,3}|[0-1][0-2][0-9][0-9]\d{4,4}\Z
Bahrain - Postal code level of coverage
Place names in Bahrain
Refer to Exonyms in Bahrain for full lists of place names in Bahrain in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Bahrain - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 11th January 2015
Bahrain 4 governorates :
Asamah
Janubiyah
Muharraq
Shamaliyah
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in Bahrain
Note: This section last updated 26th April 2023
Bahraini telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 3, 63,, 6441, 663, 666 or 669.
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/bahrain/
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