Bahamas
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Bahamas. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Bahamas codes
Need Bahamas (BS) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 32 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Bahamas. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Bahamas from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (32)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Bahamas. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Bahamas?
- Bahamas uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 BS, alpha-3 BHS, and numeric 044. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Bahamas have?
- CountriesDB lists 32 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Bahamas (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Bahamas country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Bahamas, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Bahamas in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Bahamas (BS) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.