Al Batinah North Governorate

Al Batinah North محافظة شمال الباطنة
Governorate
Al Batinah North, Governorate of Oman
Country	Oman
Seat	Sohar
Government
• Governor	Mohammed bin Sulaiman bin Hamoud Al Kindi
Area
• Total	9,000 km^2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population  (July 2020)
• Total	784,681 [1]
Website	https://bng.gov.om/

Al Batinah North Governorate (Arabic: محافظة شمال الباطنة Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl al-Bāṭinah) is one of the eleven governorates of Oman. It was created on 28 October 2011 when Al Batinah Region was split into Al Batinah North Governorate and Al Batinah South Governorate.^[2][3][4] The centre of the governorate is the wilayat of Sohar.

Provinces

Al Batinah North Governorate consists of six provinces (wilayat):

• Sohar
• Shinas
• Liwa
• Saham
• Al Khaboura
• Suwayq

Demographics

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1993	358,478	—
2003	408,963	+1.33%
2010	483,582	+2.42%
2020	784,681	+4.96%
Source: Citypopulation[5]

References

1. National Centre for Statistics and Information. "Population". Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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^{[dead link‍]}
5. "Oman: Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.

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