Governorates of Oman

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	Capital (Main Wilayah)	Wilayats	Population[4] (2020 Census)	Area[4] (km²)	ISO code
Ad Dakhiliyah	محافظة الداخلية	Nizwa	8	478,501	31,900	OM-DA
Ad Dhahirah	محافظة الظاهرة	Ibri	3	213,043	37,000	OM-ZA
Al Batinah North	محافظة شمال الباطنة	Sohar	6	1,250,231	9,000	OM-BS
Al Batinah South	محافظة جنوب الباطنة	Rustaq	6	465,550	3,500	OM-BJ
Al Buraimi	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraimi	3	121,802	7,460	OM-BU
Al Wusta	محافظة الوسطى	Haima	4	52,344	79,700	OM-WU
Ash Sharqiyah North	محافظة شمال الشرقية	Ibra	6	271,822	24,361	OM-SS
Ash Sharqiyah South	محافظة جنوب الشرقية	Sur	5	315,445	12,039[5]	OM-SJ
Dhofar	محافظة ظفار	Salalah	10	416,458	99,300	OM-ZU
Muscat	محافظة مسقط	Muscat	6	1,302,440	3,500	OM-MA
Musandam	محافظة مسندم	Khasab	4	49,062	1,800	OM-MU
Total			61	4,936,698	309,960

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

Regions and governorates before 2011

Before 28 October 2011, Oman was divided into five regions (mintaqah) and four governorates (muhafazah).^[6] 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[7]	محافظة البريمي	Al Buraymi	7,000	64,000	10.4	3
Total	Oman	سلطنة عمان	Muscat	309,500	3,462,000	7.5	61

See also

• Oman portal

• ISO 3166-2:OM

References

1. Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman Archived 8 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. Seven new divisions created in Oman Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. Seven governorates, officials named
4. Admin_2, Ofm. "Oman by region". www.fm.gov.om. Retrieved 5 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "About South Al Sharqiyah Governorate". A'Sharqiyah South Governorate. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
6. "Oman Governorates". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
7. 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" Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine