Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate

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 محافظة الداخلية
Governorate
Ad Dakhiliyahh, Governorate of Oman
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	15.0/km2 (38.8/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	OM-DA

Provinces

Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate consists of nine provinces (wilayat):

• Nizwa
• Samail
• Bahla
• Adam
• Al Hamra
• Manah
• Izki
• Bid Bid
• Jebel Akhdar

Demographics

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1993	229,791	—
2003	267,140	+1.52%
2010	326,651	+2.91%
2020	478,501	+3.89%
Source: Citypopulation[6]

As of April 2024, 71.4% of the population are Omani nationals and 28.6% are expatriates.^[7]