ISO 3166-2:BS
ISO 3166-2:BS is the entry for the Bahamas in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for the Bahamas, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 island (New Providence) and 31 districts.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Bahamas. The second part is two letters.
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 (en) | Subdivision category |
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BS-AK | Acklins | district |
BS-BY | Berry Islands | district |
BS-BI | Bimini | district |
BS-BP | Black Point | district |
BS-CI | Cat Island | district |
BS-CO | Central Abaco | district |
BS-CS | Central Andros | district |
BS-CE | Central Eleuthera | district |
BS-FP | City of Freeport | district |
BS-CK | Crooked Island and Long Cay | district |
BS-EG | East Grand Bahama | district |
BS-EX | Exuma | district |
BS-GC | Grand Cay | district |
BS-HI | Harbour Island | district |
BS-HT | Hope Town | district |
BS-IN | Inagua | district |
BS-LI | Long Island | district |
BS-MC | Mangrove Cay | district |
BS-MG | Mayaguana | district |
BS-MI | Moore's Island | district |
BS-NP | New Providence | island |
BS-NO | North Abaco | district |
BS-NS | North Andros | district |
BS-NE | North Eleuthera | district |
BS-RI | Ragged Island | district |
BS-RC | Rum Cay | district |
BS-SS | San Salvador | district |
BS-SO | South Abaco | district |
BS-SA | South Andros | district |
BS-SE | South Eleuthera | district |
BS-SW | Spanish Wells | district |
BS-WG | West Grand Bahama | district |
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 |
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Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivision layout: 21 districts (see below) → 32 districts (mistakenly listed as 31 districts in newsletter) |
Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Correction of NL II-2 for toponyms and typographical errors, one deletion and source list update. | Subdivisions deleted: BS-GT Green Turtle Cay |
Online Browsing Platform (OBP) |
2018-11-26 | Addition of island BS-NP; Addition of Remark; Update List Source | Subdivision added: BS-NP New Providence |
Codes before Newsletter II-2
Former code | Subdivision name |
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BS-AC | Acklins and Crooked Islands |
BS-BI | Bimini |
BS-CI | Cat Island |
BS-EX | Exuma |
BS-FP | Freeport |
BS-FC | Fresh Creek |
BS-GH | Governor's Harbour |
BS-GT | Green Turtle Cay |
BS-HI | Harbour Island |
BS-HR | High Rock |
BS-IN | Inagua |
BS-KB | Kemps Bay |
BS-LI | Long Island |
BS-MH | Marsh Harbour |
BS-MG | Mayaguana |
BS-NP | New Providence |
BS-NB | Nicholls Town and Berry Islands |
BS-RI | Ragged Island |
BS-RS | Rock Sound |
BS-SP | Sandy Point |
BS-SR | SanSalvador and Rum Cay San Salvador and Rum Cay
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See also
- Subdivisions of the Bahamas
- FIPS region codes of Bahamas
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: BS
- Districts of Bahamas, Statoids.com
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO 3166-2:BS.
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