Governorates of Oman

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Since 28 October 2011, Oman is divided into eleven governorates (muhafazah):

• Ad Dakhiliyah
• Ad Dhahirah
• Al Batinah North
• Al Batinah South
• Al Buraimi
• Al Wusta
• Ash Sharqiyah North
• Ash Sharqiyah South
• Dhofar
• Masqat
• Musandam

Below the governorates, Oman is divided into provinces (wilayat).

Regions and governorates before 2011

Before 28 October 2011, Oman was divided into five regions (mintaqah) and four governorates (muhafazah). The fourth governorate, Al Buraymi, was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah region. The regions are further subdivided into 61 districts (wilayat). Each region has one or more regional center with a grand total of twelve.

A clickable map of Oman exhibiting its five regions and four governorates..
Map Nr	Subdivision	Arabic	Main Town	Area km²	Population Census of 2003	wilayat
Regions (mintaqah)
1	Ad Dakhiliyah	منطقة الداخلية	Nizwa	31,900	267,140	8
3	Al Batinah	منطقة الباطنة	Suhar	12,500	653,505	12
5	Al Wusta	المنطقة الوسطى	Haima (Hayma)	79,700	22,983	4
6	Ash Sharqiyah	المنطقة الشرقية	Sur	36,800	313,761	11
2	Ad Dhahirah	منطقة الظاهرة	Ibri	37,000 !37,0001)	130,177	3
Governorates (muhafazah)
9	Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Masqat	3,500	632,073	6
8	Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	1,800	28,378	4
7	Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	99,300	215,960	10
4	Al Buraymi	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	7,000	76,838	3
Total	Oman	سلطنة عمان	Masqat	309,500	2,340,815	61

See also

• ISO 3166-2:OM

External links

• Arabian names at Geonames.de
• "Seven new divisions created in Oman"