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Bahrain Post is the government organisation responsible for the post in
The postal system in Bahrain first started in 1884 with the establishment of the
Customs procedures at Muharraq Post Office.
Official website
Postal organizations Postal system of Bahrain {{Bahrain-stub
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
. Bahrain Post is part of the Bahrain Ministry of Transportation.
History
The postal system in Bahrain first started in 1884 with the establishment of the Manama
Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very d ...
Post Office. The postal system expanded drastically in the twentieth century; a second post office was later built on the island of Muharraq
Muharraq ( ar, المحرق, al-Muḥarraq) is Bahrain's third largest city and served as its capital until 1932 when it was replaced by Manama. The population of Muharraq in 2012 was 176,583.
The city is located on Muharraq Island. Bahrain ...
in 1946. A third post office was set up in the expatriate-populated town of Awali
Awali is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the Persian Gulf. Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company
The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is an integrated na ...
, run by the Bahrain Petroleum Company
The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is an integrated national oil company of Bahrain.
History
The BAPCO was established in 1929 in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California for oil exploration activities in Bahrain.
It took over Bah ...
.
After declaring independence in 1971, Bahrain joined the International Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...
in December 1973. Bahrain Post later joined the Arab Postal Union in May 1986.
See also
*Postage stamps and postal history of Bahrain
Bahrain first used the postage stamps of British India before eventually issuing its own stamps in 1960.
Early years
The first post office in Bahrain opened on 1 August 1884 in the capital, Manama. This was a sub-office of the ''Indian Post Of ...
References
External links
Customs procedures at Muharraq Post Office.
Official website
Postal organizations Postal system of Bahrain {{Bahrain-stub