Al Batinah North Governorate
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Al Batinah North
محافظة شمال الباطنة | |
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Country | Oman |
Seat | Sohar |
Government | |
• Governor | Mohammed bin Sulaiman bin Hamoud Al Kindi |
Area | |
• Total | 12,500 km2 (4,800 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):
Demographics
Census year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1993 | 358,478 | — | ||
2003 | 408,963 | +1.33% | ||
2010 | 483,582 | +2.42% | ||
2020 | 784,681 | +4.96% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation[5] |
References
- ^ National Centre for Statistics and Information. "Population". Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Governorates of Sultanate Of Oman Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Seven new divisions created in Oman Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Seven governorates, officials named[dead link]
- ^ "Oman: Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.
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