Governorates of Oman
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Governorates of Oman
| Oman |
 This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Other countries · Atlas Politics portal |
Since 28 October 2011, Oman is divided into eleven governorates (muhafazah):[1][2][3]
- Ad Dakhiliyah
- Ad Dhahirah North
- 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).
|
Contents
|
Regions and governorates before 2011
Before 28 October 2011, Oman was divided into five regions (mintaqah) and four governorates (muhafazah).[4] 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 | 37,0001) | 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[5] | محافظة البريمي | Al Buraymi | 7,000 | 76,838 | 3 |
| Total | Oman | سلطنة عمان | Masqat | 309,500 | 2,340,815 | 61 |
See also
References
- ^ Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman
- ^ Seven new divisions created in Oman
- ^ Seven governorates, officials named
- ^ http://www.omanet.om/english/regions/oman.asp?cat=reg
- ^ 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
|
|||||||
|
||||||||
 |
This article about the geography of Oman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Governorates of Oman.
Read more