Ash Sharqiyah is the eastern region

Administrative divisions of Oman

||Oman is divided into five regions and four governorates . The fourth governorate, Al Buraymi, was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah region. The regions are further subdivided into 61 districts . Each region has one or more regional center with a grand total of twelve.-External...

 (Arabic: منطقة, transliteration: mintaqah

Mintaqah

Minţaqah is a term for a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad, and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as region, district, or, in Saudi Arabia, as province...

) of the Sultanate of Oman. The capital of Ash Sharqiyah is Sur

Sur, Oman

Sur is a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region, northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located at around , and is 93 miles southeast of the Omani capital Muscat. Historically the city is known for being an important destination point for sailors...

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Ash Sharqiyah Region consists of eleven provinces (Arabic: ولاية, plural ولايات, transliteration: wilayah

Wilayah

A wilāyah or vilâyet , or vilayat in Urdu and Turkish, is an administrative division, usually translated as "province", rarely as "governorate". The word comes from the Arabic "w-l-y", "to govern": a wāli — "governor" — governs a wilayah, "that which is governed"...

, plural wilayat): Sur

Sur, Oman

Sur is a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region, northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located at around , and is 93 miles southeast of the Omani capital Muscat. Historically the city is known for being an important destination point for sailors...

, Ibra

Ibra

Ibra is the second largest city in the Ash Sharqiyah Region of Oman. It is located about 140 km from Muscat and has a population estimated at 35,000 people....

, Mudhaibi

Mudhaibi

Mudhaibi is the largest willaya in Ash Sharqiyah region of Oman. It has two niaba: Sinaw and Samad Ash Shan. Suq sinaw is one of the most popular suqs in Oman...

, Al Kamil Wal Wafi, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan

Jalan Bani Bu Hassan

Jalan Bani Bu Hassan is the largest wilayah in area - 12130 km² - among the south east wilayat of Ash Sharqiyah Region, Oman. The diverse geography of the wilayah makes it one of the most extraordinary spots in Oman...

, Jalan Bani Bu Ali

Jalan bani bu ali

Jalan bani bu ali is a commercial town and tourist destination in Oman.There are many shops and supermarkets, but most famous is the traditional suq. This suq is in the south of the town about 1KM from the centre and is open on Friday morning...

, Wadi Bani Khalid

Wadi Bani Khalid

[File:Wadi Bani Khalid oman.jpg|thumb|Add caption here]]]]Wadi Bani Khalid is a wadi about 203 km from Muscat, Oman. It is the best-known wadi of the Sharqiyah region. Its stream maintains a constant flow of water throughout the year. Large pools of water and boulders are scattered along the...

, Dema Wa Thaieen, Bidiya

Bidiya

Bidiya or Bidiyah is a town in the middle of the Ash Sharqiyah Region of the Sultanate of Oman. It is located at 233 kilometers from the capital city, Muscat...

, Al Qabil

Al Qabil

Al Qabil is a village in Al Buraimi Governorate , in northeastern Oman. A small agricultural village on the edge of the Wahibah Desert, Al Qabil lies about 25 kilometres south along the Muscat-Sur Highway from Al Ain across the border in the United Arab Emirates...

, and Massirah

Masirah Island

Masirah is an island off the East coast of Oman, 95 km long north-south, between 12 and 14 km wide, with an area of about 649 km², and a population estimated at 12,000 in 12 villages mainly in the north of the island...

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The main cities

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 are Sur and Ibra.

Ecology

Of particular touristic

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

 interest is the Ash Sharqiyah coast, which includes the headlands of Ra's al-Hadd and Ra's al-Ghaima (Arabic: رأس الغيمة). The 42 kilometre stretch of beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 between these two places is the most significant nesting ground in the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 for green turtles. An estimated 13,000 turtles lay their individual clutches of 80 to 100 eggs annually. Oman's Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water administers the site, which is one of the Sultanate's most important natural reserves

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

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External links

• Ash Sharqiyah. Ministry of Information
• Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water
• Ibra College of Technology City of Sur