Bahrain Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: July 9, 2025
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Bahrain Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Bahrain. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Bahrain - Address Format

An address format in Bahrain contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House number and Street name
  4. City Name and Postal Code (3 digits)
  5. Country – BAHRAIN (in all caps)

John Smith
Building No 1381, Road 5339
Budaiya 553
BAHRAIN

Bahrain Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Building No 174, 1213 Riffa Street
Al Riffah 912
BAHRAIN

Example 2:

Bahrain Post Office
Building No 138, Government Avenue
Manama 315
BAHRAIN

Postal and Country Information for Bahrain

Country/territory name Bahrain
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BH
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BHR
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 48
Administrative area count 4
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Capital
  • Muharraq
  • Northern
  • Southern
  • 13
  • 15
  • 17
  • 14
Term to describe postal codes Block
Postal code format [9]999
Population 1 503 485
Total land area 790km²

How to Validate Addresses for Bahrain Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Bahrain addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Bahrain, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Bahrain
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Bahrain segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Bahrain using:

  • Locality column to validate City names
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes