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Governorates of Oman

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Governorates of Oman محافظات عمان
Also known as: Muhafazah

Category	Unitary state
Location	Sultanate of Oman
Number	11 governorates
Populations	39,000 (Al Wusta) – 1,463,000 (Muscat)
Areas	1,800 km² (695 sq mi) (Musandam) – 99,000 km² (38,300 sq mi) (Dhofar)
Government	Governorance government, National government
Subdivisions	Province

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Oman is divided into eleven governorates (muhafazah) as of 28 October 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3] Each of the 11 governorates are divided into wilayat (provinces).

Governorate	Arabic	Main Wilayah	Total Wilayat	ISO code
Ad Dakhiliyah	محافظة الداخلية	Nizwa	8	OM-DA
Ad Dhahirah	محافظة الظاهرة	Ibri	3	OM-ZA
Al Batinah North	محافظة شمال الباطنة	Sohar	6	OM-BS
Al Batinah South	محافظة جنوب الباطنة	Rustaq	6	OM-BJ
Al Buraymi	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	3	OM-BU
Al Wusta	محافظة الوسطى	Haima (Hayma)	4	OM-WU
Ash Sharqiyah North	محافظة شمال الشرقية	Ibra	6	OM-SS
Ash Sharqiyah South	محافظة جنوب الشرقية	Sur	5	OM-SJ
Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	10	OM-ZU
Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Muscat	6	OM-MA
Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	4	OM-MU

Regions and governorates before 2011

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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 Governorate 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 12.

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 2022	Population Density	Wilayat
1	Ad Dakhiliyah	محافظة الداخلية	Nizwa	31,900	330,000	10.2	8
3	Al Batinah	محافظة الباطنة	Sohar	12,500	765,000	61.8	12
5	Al Wusta	محافظة الوسطى	Haima (Hayma)	79,700	39,000	0.5	4
6	Ash Sharqiyah	محافظة الشرقية	Sur	36,400	361,000	9.6	11
2	Ad Dhahirah	محافظة الظاهرة	Ibri	37,000	144,000	4.0	3
9	Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Muscat	3,900	1,463,000	378.4	6
8	Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	1,800	42,000	17.4	4
7	Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	99,300	254,000	2.5	10
4	Al Buraymi^[5]	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	7,000	64,000	10.4	3
Total	Oman	سلطنة عمان	Muscat	309,500	3,462,000	7.5	61

References

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^ Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman Archived 8 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

^ Seven new divisions created in Oman Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine

^ Seven governorates, officials named

^ "Oman Governorates". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

^ 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.