Al Batinah Region

Al Batinah
Governorate
Al Batinah, Governorate of Oman
Coordinates: 24°N 57°E / 24; 57
Country	Oman
Capital	Sohar
Area
• Total	12,500 km^2 (4,800 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Total	772,590
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)

Al-Bāţinah (Arabic: ٱلْبَاطِنَة)^[1] was one of the regions (Mintaqat) of Oman. On 28 October 2011, Al-Batinah Region was bifurcated into Al Batinah North Governorate and Al Batinah South Governorate.^[2][3][4]

The region occupied an important location on the coast of Gulf of Oman. It lay between Khatmat Malahah in the north and Ras al-Hamra in the south, and confined between Al-Hajar Mountains in the west and the Gulf of Oman in the east. Most of Oman's population were in that region, because of the green plains between the Hajar Mountains and the sea.

Provinces

Al Batinah Region contained the largest number of provinces (wilayat), numbering twelve 12:

• Sohar
• Ar Rustaq
• Shinas,
• Liwa
• Saham
• Al-Khaburah
• Suwayq
• Nakhal
• Wadi Al Maawil
• Al Awabi
• Al-Musannah
• Barka

Suwayq is considered as the biggest wilayah in the Batinah region. Sohar was the regional capital. It is a populous city with a corniche, fish souq and numerous mosques.

Historic maps of Oman showing Batinah

• 
  1838: BATINA
• 
  1873
• 
  1879

See also

• Oman proper
• Tawam (region)

References

1. Allen, Calvin H. Jr. (2016-02-05). "1: Land and People". Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-3172-9164-0.
2. Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. Seven new divisions created in Oman Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. Seven governorates, officials named