Ad Dakhiliyah
محافظة الداخلية | |
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Country | Oman |
Capital | Nizwa |
Government | |
• Governor | Hilal bin Said bin Hamdan Al Hajri |
Area | |
• Total | 31,900 km2 (12,300 sq mi) |
Population (2020
[1]) | |
• Total | 478,500 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Ad Dakhiliyah ( Arabic: الداخلية, romanized: Ad-Dāḫilīyah, lit. 'The Interior') is one of the eleven governorates ( muhafazah) of Oman with Nizwa town as the regional center. It was previously a region ( mintaqah). It became a governorate on 28 October 2011. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate consists of nine provinces ( wilayat):
Census year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1993 | 229,791 | — | ||
2003 | 267,140 | +1.52% | ||
2010 | 326,651 | +2.91% | ||
2020 | 478,501 | +3.89% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation [6] |