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Oman is divided into five regions (mintaqah) and four governorates (muhafazah)[1]. The fourth governorate, Al Buraymi was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah region. The regions are further subdivided into 62 districts (wilayat) . Each region has one or more regional center. The total regional centers amount to 12.

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Nr		 Subdivision Arabian Main village 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 13
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 37,0001) 130,177 3
Governorates (muhafazah)
9 Muscat محافظة مسقط Seeb 3,500 632,073 6
8 Musandam محافظة مسندم Khasab 1,800 28,378 5
7 Dhofar محافظة ظفار Salalah 99,300 215,960 9
4 Al Buraymi محافظة البريمي Al Buraymi 7,0001) 76,838 3
Total Oman سلطنة عمان Masqat 309,500 2,340,815 62
1)Al Buraymi was created from parts of Ad Dhahirah on 15 October 2006 by Royal Decree 108[2]. The combined area was 44,000 km². The new areas are estimated.
  1. ^ http://www.omanet.om/english/regions/oman.asp?cat=reg
  2. ^ http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9

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