Governorates of Oman

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.

Map 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.

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[1] ttp://www.omanet.om/english/regions/oman.asp?cat=reg

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