Governorates of Bahrain

Bahrain

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Bahrain is split into five governorates. These governorates are:

Map	Governorate
	1. Capital Governorate
	2. Central Governorate
	3. Muharraq Governorate
	4. Northern Governorate
	5. Southern Governorate

Former municipalities

Bahrain was formerly split into twelve municipalities that were all administered from the capital city of Manama. On July 3, 2002, these were superseded by the five governorates of Bahrain. The following map does not show Hamad Town, which was split off from Rifa and Southern Region in 1991.

Map	Former Municipality
	1. Al Hidd
	2. Manama
	3. Western Region
	4. Central Region
	5. Northern Region
	6. Muharraq
	7. Rifa and Southern Region
	8. Jidd Haffs
	9. Hamad Town
	10. Isa Town
	11. Hawar Islands
	12. Sitra

See also

• ISO 3166-2:BH

External links

• Decree-Law establishing governoratesPDF
• Divisions of Bahrain