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Ash-Sharqīyah North Governorate مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah
Wadi Bani Khalid, heading north
Ash-Sharqīyah North Governorate Location of the: Governorate in Oman
Coordinates: 22°41′00″N 58°33′00″E / 22.683333°N 58.55°E / 22.683333; 58.55
Country	Oman
Governorate	Ash-Sharqīyah North
Government
• Governor	Ali Bin Ahmed bin Mashari Al Shamsi
Population
• Total	271,800
Time zone	UTC+4 (GST)

Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Šamāl aš-Šarqīyah, English: Northeastern Governorate) is a governorate of Oman. It was created on 28 October 2011, when Ash Sharqiyah Region was split into Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate. And Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate. The centre of the——governorate is the wilāyah (province) of Ibra.

Provinces※

Ash-Sharqiyah North Governorate consists of six wilāyāt:

• Al-Qabil (Arabic: ٱلْقَابِل), population (2017): 23,824
• Al-Mudhaibi (Arabic: المضيبي), population (2017): 117,691
• Bidiya (Arabic: بدية), population (2017): 40,812
• Dema Wa Thaieen (Arabic: دماء والطائيين), population (2017): 26,817
• Ibra (Arabic: إبراء), population (2017): 57,561
• Wadi Bani Khalid, population (2017): 12,518

Demographics※

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1993	118,680	—
2003	140,091	+1.67%
2010	162,482	+2.14%
2020	271,822	+5.28%
Graphs are unavailable due——to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: Citypopulation