Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate

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.

Ash-Sharqīyah North Governorate مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah
Wadi Bani Khalid, heading north
Ash-Sharqīyah North Governorate Location of the Governorate in Oman
Coordinates:
Country	Oman
Governorate	Ash-Sharqīyah North[1]
Time zone	UTC+4 (GST)

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

See also

• Eastern Arabia
• Sharqiya Sands

References

1. Babu Thomas (Web developer or designer). "Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman". Omanet.om. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
2. "Seven new divisions created in Oman". Khaleej Times. 2011-10-28. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
3. Seven governorates, officials named
4. "Total Population". National Centre for Statistics & Information, Sultanate of Oman. Retrieved 11 February 2019.