Asia · DX entity · DXCC 304

Bahrain

Bahrain is a DX entity in Asia, in CQ zone 21 and ITU zone 39. Its primary prefix is A9.

Flag of Bahrain.

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Figure 1. Bahrain and its governorates, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.001438 degrees, about 160 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 25.9° N 50.6° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	304
Name in the ADIF standard	BAHRAIN
Continent	Asia
Primary prefix	A9
CQ zone	21
ITU zone	39

Prefixes

A9 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Bahrain.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.