Dinar

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For the city in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, see Dinar, Turkey.

The dinar is the currency unit of various countries, most of them Arabic-speaking or once part of the Ottoman Empire. The word "dinar" (دينار in Arabic and Persian) is derived from denarius, a Roman currency.

[edit] Countries that use dinar as their currency

Algeria: the Algerian dinar
Bahrain: the Bahraini dinar
Iran: the Iranian rial is divided into 100 dinars
Iraq: the Iraqi dinar
Jordan: the Jordanian dinar
Kuwait: the Kuwaiti dinar
Libya: the Libyan dinar
Serbia (except Kosovo): the Serbian dinar (Kosovo uses the euro in most of the territory)
Sudan: the Sudanese dinar (formerly the Sudanese pound)
Republic of Macedonia: the Macedonian denar
Tunisia: the Tunisian dinar

[edit] Countries that previously used dinar as their currency

Abu Dhabi: the Abu Dhabi dinar
Bosnia and Hercegovina: the Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar
Croatia: the Croatian dinar
Republic of Serbian Krajina: the Krajina dinar
Republika Srpska: the Republika Srpska dinar
Federation of South Arabia: the South Arabian dinar
South Yemen: the South Yemeni dinar
Yugoslavia: the Yugoslav dinar

[edit] See also

Islamic gold dinar

Dinars
Current	Algerian dinar \| Bahraini dinar \| Islamic gold dinar \| Iraqi dinar \| Jordanian dinar \| Kuwaiti dinar \| Libyan dinar \| Macedonian denar \| Tunisian dinar \| Serbian dinar \| Sudanese dinar
Defunct	Abu Dhabi dinar \| Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar \| Croatian dinar \| Krajina dinar \| Republika Srpska dinar \| South Arabian dinar \| South Yemeni dinar \| Yugoslav dinar
As subunit	Iranian rial
See also	E-dinar
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