Ash-Sharqiyyah Region ( ar, ٱلْمِنْطَقَة ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, Al-Minṭaqah Ash-Sharqiyyah, lit=The Eastern Region) was the eastern '' minṭaqah'' (

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

) of the

Sultanate of 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 ...

. The capital of Ash-Sharqiyyah is Sur. On 28 October 2011 Ash Sharqiyah Region was split into Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate and Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate. Ash Sharqiyah Region consisted of eleven

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

s ('' Wilāyāt''): Sur,

Ibra The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ( ...

, Al-Mudhaibi, Al-Kamil Wal-Wafi,

Jalan Bani Bu Hassan Jalan Bani Bu Hassan ( ar, جعلان بني بو حسن) is a wilayah (province) in Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, Oman. Geography Jalan Bani Bu Hassan is about 300 kilometres away from Muscat. It is bordered by Al Kamil Wal Wafi in the no ...

, Jalan Bani Bu Ali,

Wadi Bani Khalid ''Wilāyat Wādī Banī Khālid'' ( ar, وِلَايَة وَادِي بَنِي خَالِد) is a '' Wilāyah'' ( Province) in the Northern Governorate of the Eastern Region of Oman. Located about from Muscat, and from Sur, the province has ...

, Dema Wa Thaieen, Bidiya, Al Qabil, and Massirah. The main

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are Sur and Ibra.

History

Archaeology

In November 2019, 45 well-preserved tombs covering a 50-80 square metre area and a settlement, dating back to beginning of the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age ( Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly ap ...

, were discovered in Al-Mudhaibi by archaeologists from

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 ...

and Heidelberg University. Archaeologists believed that the site belonged to the miners who were working in copper mining.

Ecology

Of particular touristic interest is the coast, which includes the headlands of Raʾs al-Ḥadd and Raʾs al-Ghaimah ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْغَيْمَة). The stretch of

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells ...

() between these two places is the most significant

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in the

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for

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s. An estimated 13,000

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...

s lay their individual clutches of 80 to 100

egg An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

s annually. Oman's Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water
/ref> administers the site, which is one of the Sultanate's most important

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...

s. In addition, there is

. Located in the Hajar Mountains, and what is now the northern governorate, it is one of the most well-known

wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water on ...

s in the country.

References

External links

Ash Sharqiyah
Ministry of Information

Ibra College of Technology
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City of Sur
Regions of Oman {{Oman-geo-stub

History

Archaeology

Ecology

See also

References

External links