ISO 3166-2:OM is the entry for Oman

Oman

Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

Country

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for Oman, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 5 regions and 4 governorates. In 2011, the following subdivision changes took place:

• Al Batinah Region
  Al Batinah Region
  Al Bāţinah is one of the regions of Oman.Al Batinah Region, otherwise known as Al Batinah, occupies an important location on the coast of Gulf of Oman. It lies between Khatmat Malahah in the north and Ras AL Hamra in the south and confined between the Al Hajar Mountains in the west and the Gulf...
  
   (Al Bāţinah) split into Al Batinah North Governorate and Al Batinah South Governorate.
• Ash Sharqiyah Region (Ash Sharqīyah) split into Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate and Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate.
• Ad Dakhiliyah Region
  Ad Dakhiliyah Region
  Ad Dakhiliyah is one of the regions of Oman with Nizwa town as the regional center.Ad Dakhiliyah Region consists of eight wilayats: Nizwa, Samail, Bahla, Adam, Al Hamra, Manah, Izki and Bid Bid....
  
   (Ad Dākhilīyah), Ad Dhahirah North Region (Az̧ Z̧āhirah), and Al Wusta Region
  Al Wusta Region (Oman)
  Al Wusta is one of the regions of Oman. Its capital is Haima .Al Wusta Region consists of four wilayat: Haima, Duqm, Mahout and Al Jazer....
  
   (Al Wusţá) all became governorates.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is OM, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Oman. The second part is two letters.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
OM-DA	Ad Dākhilīyah Ad Dakhiliyah Region Ad Dakhiliyah is one of the regions of Oman with Nizwa town as the regional center.Ad Dakhiliyah Region consists of eight wilayats: Nizwa, Samail, Bahla, Adam, Al Hamra, Manah, Izki and Bid Bid....	region
OM-BA		region
OM-WU	Al Wusţá Al Wusta Region (Oman) Al Wusta is one of the regions of Oman. Its capital is Haima .Al Wusta Region consists of four wilayat: Haima, Duqm, Mahout and Al Jazer....	region
OM-SH	Ash Sharqīyah	region
OM-ZA	Az̧ Z̧āhirah	region
OM-BU	Al Buraymī	governorate
OM-MA	Masqaţ	governorate
OM-MU	Musandam	governorate
OM-ZU	Z̧ufār	governorate

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
		Update of the administrative structure and of the list source	Subdivisions added: OM-BU Al Buraymī Codes: OM-JA Al Janūbīyah → OM-ZU Z̧ufār

See also

• Subdivisions of Oman
• FIPS region codes of Oman