Governorate
Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate
Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate is the northeastern interior, between the Eastern Hajar and the Sharqiyah sands. Ibra is the main town. Al Mudhaibi, Sinaw, Al Qabil, Bidiya, Dima wa Al Taiyeen, and Wadi Bani Khalid are the other published wilayats. The coast of Sur is in Ash Sharqiyah South.
Official figures
- Registered Omani population217,200 · 67.4%
- Registered expatriate population105,244 · 32.6%
Weather
Official daily forecast
Read live from the Directorate General of Meteorology and refreshed about every 20 minutes. This is that day’s official range, not a second-by-second temperature.
Today · Tue
37.9°C
Low 25.1°C · High 37.9°C
- Sunny
- Humidity 53.6%
- Wind 9.2 km/h
- Rain 0.2 mm
- TodaySunny37.9°25.1°
- WedSunny36.8°24.4°
- ThuSunny37.2°24°
- FriSunny37.4°23.1°
- SatSunny37.1°22.9°
Directorate General of Meteorology · Nearest official station: Ad Diriz · 28.2 km away
Ibra is the historic town of the north, known for its separate men’s and women’s souqs. Sinaw and Al Qabil sit toward the edge of the sands. Al Mudhaibi is the large inland wilayat of villages between the mountains and the dunes.
Bidiya is known for its old mosque. Dima wa Al Taiyeen is a mountain wilayat of wadis. Wadi Bani Khalid is the wilayat of the wadi and its pools, not a scenic paragraph borrowed from another place.
The published wilayats are Wilayat Al Mudhaibi, Wilayat Al Qabil, Wilayat Bidiya, Wilayat Dima Wa Al Taiyeen, Wilayat Ibra, Sinaw Province and Wilayat Wadi Bani Khalid.