Governorates of Oman

Oman is divided into eleven governorates (muhafazah), and has been since 28 October 2011.[1][2][3] Each of the 11 governorates are divided into wilayat (provinces).

Governorate	Arabic	Main Wilayat	Total Wilayat
Ad Dakhiliyah	منطقة الداخلية	Nizwa	8
Ad Dhahirah	منطقة الظاهرة	Ibri	3
Al Batinah North	محافظة شمال الباطنة	Sohar	6
Al Batinah South	محافظة جنوب الباطنة	Rustaq	6
Al Buraymi	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	3
Al Wusta	المنطقة الوسطى	Haima (Hayma)	4
Ash Sharqiyah North	محافظة شمال الشرقية	Ibra	6
Ash Sharqiyah South	محافظة جنوب الشرقية	Sur	5
Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	10
Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Muscat	6
Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	4

Governorates of Oman محافظات عمان
Also known as: Muhafazah
Category	Unitary state
Location	Sultanate of Oman
Number	11 governorates
Populations	42,111 (Al Wusta) – 1,475,795 (Muscat)
Areas	1,800 km^2 (695 sq mi) (Musandam) – 99,000 km^2 (38,300 sq mi) (Dhofar)
Government	Governorance government, National government
Subdivisions	Province

Regions and governorates before 2011

Before 28 October 2011, Oman was divided into five regions (mintaqah) and four governorates (muhafazah).[4] The governorates were Muscat, Dhofar, Buraimi and Musandam. Buraimi was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah Region. The regions are further subdivided into 61 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 (pre-2011 administrative divisions).

A clickable map of Oman exhibiting its five regions and four governorates.

Map Nr	Subdivision	Arabic	Main Town	Area km²	Population Census of 2010	Population Density	Wilayat
Regions (mintaqah)
1	Ad Dakhiliyah	منطقة الداخلية	Nizwa	31,900	326,651	10.2	8
3	Al Batinah	منطقة الباطنة	Sohar	12,500	772,590	61.8	12
5	Al Wusta	المنطقة الوسطى	Haima (Hayma)	79,700	42,111	0.5	4
6	Ash Sharqiyah	المنطقة الشرقية	Sur	36,400	350,514	9.6	11
2	Ad Dhahirah	منطقة الظاهرة	Ibri	37,000	151,664	4.0	3
Governorates (muhafazah)
9	Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Muscat	3,900	1,475,795	378.4	6
8	Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	1,800	31,425	17.4	4
7	Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	99,300	249,729	2.5	10
4	Al Buraymi[5]	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	7,000	72,917	10.4	3
Total	Oman	سلطنة عمان	Muscat	309,500	2,340,815	7.5	61

See also

• ISO 3166-2:OM

References

1. Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
2. Seven new divisions created in Oman Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
3. Seven governorates, officials named
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-06-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Al Buraymi was created from parts of Ad Dhahirah on 15 October 2006 by Royal Decree 108. The combined area was 44,000 km² and the new areas are estimated.

External links

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