EPSG systems

EPSG:20499 Ain el Abd / Bahrain Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Bahrain - onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:20499
NameAin el Abd / Bahrain Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Bahrain - onshore
Bounds W 50,39° · S 25,53° · E 50,85° · N 26,34°
Countries Bahrain
DatumAin el Abd 1970
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4204 — Ain el Abd
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Ain el Abd to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1111) — accuracy 18 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin51degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=39 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-143,-236,7 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:20499.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Bahrain_State_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_Ain_el_Abd_1970",DATUM["D_Ain_el_Abd_1970",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Bahrain

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.