Al Batinah North Governorate ( ar, محافظة شمال الباطنة Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl al-Bāṭinah) is a

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

. It was created on 28 October 2011 when

Al Batinah Region Al-Bāţinah ( ar, ٱلْبَاطِنَة) was one of the regions ''( Mintaqat)'' of Oman. On 28 October 2011, Al-Batinah Region was split into Al Batinah North Governorate and Al Batinah South Governorate. The region occupied an important locat ...

was split into Al Batinah North Governorate and

Al Batinah South Governorate Al Batinah South Governorate ( ar, محافظة جنوب الباطنة Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanūb al-Bāṭinah) is a governorate of Oman. It was created on 28 October 2011 when Al Batinah Region was split into Al Batinah North Governorate and Al Bat ...

.Seven governorates, officials named
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Sohar Sohar ( ar, صُحَار, also Romanized as Suḥār) is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate in Oman. An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town, Suhar has also been credited ...

Provinces

Al Batinah North Governorate consists of six

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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wilayat A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as " governorate". The word comes f ...

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Shinas Shinas (شناص in Arabic), population 43,312 as of 2005, is a coastal town in northern Oman, near the border between Oman and United Arab Emirates. Shinas has a distinctive collection of traditional buildings. The port of Shinas has dhows tha ...

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Al Khaboura Al-Khaburah ( ar, الخابورة) is a Wilayah (province) in Al Batinah North Governorate, Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwester ...

Suwayq Al Suwaiq ( ar, السويق) is a coastal wilayah (province) in the region of Al Bāţinah, in northeastern Oman. It is located at around . The name of the town refers in Arabic Language to Market, it is named by this name because it located in ...

Demographics

References

{{Authority control Governorates of Oman