Governorate
Musandam Governorate
Musandam Governorate is Oman’s northern exclave on the Strait of Hormuz, separated from the rest of the country by UAE territory. Its rocky inlets are the khors. Khasab is the main town, and Madha is a further Omani exclave inside the UAE.
Official figures
- Registered Omani population36,932 · 65.6%
- Registered expatriate population19,347 · 34.4%
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
34.1°C
Low 27.1°C · High 34.1°C
- Sunny
- Humidity 75.1%
- Wind 6.4 km/h
- Rain 0 mm
- TodaySunny34.1°27.1°
- WedSunny35.5°27.8°
- ThuSunny33.8°28.2°
- FriSunny32.7°26.9°
- SatSunny33.9°27°
Directorate General of Meteorology · Nearest official station: Khasab · 0.7 km away
Musandam occupies the northern tip of the peninsula, with steep mountains falling into long inlets of the Strait of Hormuz. Wilayat Khasab is the main town. Bukha lies west along the strait, and Dibba Al Baya is the Omani share of the Dibba coast on the east.
Wilayat Madha is not on the Musandam peninsula. It is an Omani exclave surrounded by the UAE, and inside it sits the UAE village of Nahwa.
The published wilayats are Wilayat Bukha, Wilayat Dibba Al Baya, Wilayat Khasab and Wilayat Madha.