BH (Bahrain)

Property	Value
A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	BH
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Al Baḩrayn (ar), Bahrain (de), Bahrain (en), Bahreïn (fr), 巴林 (zh)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	البحرين (ar), Bahreïn (fr), 巴林 (zh), Bahrain (en), Bahrain (de)
The offical langauge of a country. Official language	ar
Language used in a country, beside the administrative languages. other language	ar
Continent a country belongs to. Part of	Asia

Regions

Region (controlled vocabulary)	A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	Language-specific name. Monolingual name
BH-13 (Capital Governorate)	BH-13	Capital Governorate (en), Gouvernorat de la capitale (fr), Hauptstadt-Gouvernement (de), محافظة العاصمة (ar), 首都省 (zh)
BH-15 (Muharraq Governorate)	BH-15	Gouvernement Muharraq (de), Gouvernorat de Muharraq (fr), Muharraq Governorate (en), محافظة المحرق (ar), 穆哈拉格省 (zh)
BH-17 ()	BH-17	Northern Governorate (ar)

Legal forms

No legal forms maintained for Bahrain.

Identifiers

Identifier	Name	Registration authority
BH_BRN (Business Registration Number)	Business Registration Number (ar) Business Registration Number (en)
BH_CCN (Chamber of Commerce Number)	Chamber of Commerce Number (ar) Chamber of Commerce Number (en)
BH_VAT (VAT Registration Number)	VAT Registration Number (ar) VAT Registration Number (en)

Data quality rules

Data quality rule	Description	Criticality
Dummy post code detected (BH)	Regular expression/Not available post code Regular expression/One digit multiplied several times post code Regular expression/Ordinal sequence of numbers Regular expression/Single digit post code Regular expression/Very long digits post code. This data quality rule checks whether the post code comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for BH (Bahrain) are the following: Regular expression/Mononumerical post code with delimeter	ERROR
Identifier format invalid (VAT Registration Number (Bahrain))	The Kingdom of Bahrain began to gradually apply VAT as of January 2019. Companies and businesses are required to register with the The National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) in order to obtain a tax number and tax registration certificate. The VAT comprises 15 numeric digits.	ERROR
Length of domestic bank account Id invalid (Bahrain)	This rule checks whether the domestic bank account id exceeds the maximum possible length in Bahrain	ERROR
Length of national bank Id invalid (Bahrain)	This rule checks whether the domestic bank id exceeds the maximum possible length in Bahrain	ERROR
Mandatory administrative area missing (Bahrain)	The administrative area (a top-level geographical or political area division in a country) is required (i.e. mandatory) for a complete physical touchpoint in Bahrain	INFO
Mandatory locality missing (Bahrain)	The locality is mandatory for street addresses in Bahrain.	ERROR
Mandatory post code missing (Bahrain)	The post code is mandatory for street addresses in Bahrain.	ERROR
Mandatory thoroughfare missing (Bahrain)	The thoroughfare is mandatory for street addresses in Bahrain.	ERROR
Post code format invalid (Bahrain)	This rule checks the post code format of Bahrain. Bahraini postal codes 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. The first digit in NNN format and the first two digits in NNNN format refer to one of the 12 municipalities of the country. PO Box address doesn't need a block number or city name, just the PO Box number followed by the name of the country, Bahrain. The postal code format is NNN or NNNN.	ERROR
Unallowed pattern in name detected (BH)	Regular expression/Aggregated payments Regular expression/No new orders Regular expression/Do not use duplicates note Regular expression/Reference to other record Regular expression/No use note Regular expression/Reference to new record Regular expression/Reference the former name Regular expression/Long number in name Regular expression/Duplicate record note Regular expression/Deletion note Regular expression/Dummy record note Regular expression/Sequence of digits Regular expression/Unsorted keywords Regular expression/Length of name . This data quality rule checks whether the name comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for BH (Bahrain) are the following: Regular expression/One time vendor	WARNING

Data sources

No data sources maintained for Bahrain.

Banking metadata

Property	Value
Full metadata	Bank accounts in Bahrain
Local name of the national bank ID. Bank ID name	BIC 4
The provider (national authorities in most cases) of the national bank ID. Bank ID provider	Generated from SWIFTBICs
Currency code for accounting in the given country. Currency code	BHD
Maximum length of the national bank ID. Maximum bank ID length	4
Maximum length of the national bank account ID. Maximum bank account ID length	14