Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah,
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: Northeastern Governorate) is a
governorate
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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 ...
. It was created on 28 October 2011, when
Ash Sharqiyah Region was split into Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate and
Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة جَنُوب ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, Muḥāfaẓat Janūb aš-Šarqīyah, English: Southeastern Governorate) is a governorate of Oman. It was created on 28 October 2011 when Ash Sh ...
.
[Seven governorates, officials named](_blank)
/ref> The centre of the governorate is the '' wilāyah'' (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 ...
) of Ibra.
Provinces
Ash-Sharqiyah North Governorate consists of six ''wilāyāt'':Bidiya
Bidiya or Bidiyyah ( ar, بِـدِيَّـة) is a town in ''Wilayah Bidiyyah'' ( ar, ولايـة بـديـة, Province of Bidiyyah), in the middle of the Eastern Region of the Sultanate of Oman. It is located about from the capital city, M ...
( ar, بدية), population (2017): 40,812
* Dema Wa Thaieen
Dema Wa Thaieen is a '' Wilayat'' of Ash Sharqiyah North in 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 ...
( ar, دماء والطائيين), population (2017): 26,817
* Ibra ( ar, إبراء), population (2017): 57,561
* 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 ha ...
, population (2017): 12,518
Demographics
See also
* Eastern Arabia
Eastern Arabia, historically known as al-Baḥrayn ( ar, البحرين) until the 18th century, is a region stretched from Basra to Khasab along the Persian Gulf coast and included parts of modern-day Bahrain, Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Unite ...
* Sharqiya Sands
The Sharqiya Sands ( ar, ٱلرِّمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, Ar-Rimāl Ash-Sharqiyyah, formerly known as Wahiba Sands ( or )) is a region of desert in Oman, The region was named for the Bani Wahiba tribe.Alsharan, 615. Divided between t ...
References
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