Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate

Governorate of Oman

Place in Ash-Sharqīyah North, Oman

Ash-Sharqīyah North Governorate مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah
Wadi Bani Khalid, heading north

22°41′00″N 58°33′00″E / 22.683333°N 58.55°E / 22.683333; 58.55
Country	Oman
Governorate	Ash-Sharqīyah North^[1]
Government
• Governor	Ali Bin Ahmed bin Mashari Al Shamsi
Population (2020 census)
• Total	271,800
Time zone	UTC+4 (GST)

Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah, English: Northeastern Governorate) is a governorate of Oman. It was created on 28 October 2011, when Ash Sharqiyah Region was split into Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate and Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate.^[1]^[2]^[3] The centre of the governorate is the wilāyah (province) of Ibra.

Provinces

Ash-Sharqiyah North Governorate consists of six wilāyāt:^[4]

Al-Qabil (Arabic: ٱلْقَابِل), population (2017): 23,824
Al-Mudhaibi (Arabic: المضيبي), population (2017): 117,691
Bidiya (Arabic: بدية), population (2017): 40,812
Dema Wa Thaieen (Arabic: دماء والطائيين), population (2017): 26,817
Ibra (Arabic: إبراء), population (2017): 57,561
Wadi Bani Khalid, population (2017): 12,518

Demographics

Historical population

Census year

Pop.

±% p.a.

1993

118,680

—

2003

140,091

+1.67%

2010

162,482

+2.14%

2020

271,822

+5.28%

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Source: Citypopulation^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman". Omanet.om. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
^ "Seven new divisions created in Oman". Khaleej Times. 2011-10-28. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
^ Seven governorates, officials named
^ "Total Population". National Centre for Statistics & Information, Sultanate of Oman. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "Oman: Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.