Musandam Governorate
The Musandam Governorate is a governorate of Oman. Except for the exclave of Madha, it is located on the Musandam Peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: State with 49,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Oman
- Also known as: “Muḩāfaz̧at Musandam”, “Musandam”, and “Musandam, Musandam”
- Neighbors: Ras al Khaimah
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaam Peak.
Shaam Peak
Peak
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Jabal Al Harim or Jebel Al Harim is a peak located in the Hajar Mountains range, north of the Sultanate of Oman, in the Musandam Governorate. It is the highest mountain in the Musandam Peninsula.
Musandam Governorate
- Categories: governorates of Oman and locality
- Location: Oman, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.9997° or 25° 59′ 59″ northLongitude
56.2499° or 56° 14′ 60″ eastPopulation
49,000Elevation
667 metres (2,188 feet)Open location code
7HQRX6XX+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1719429300OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
411741Wikidata ID
Q372144
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Musandam Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة مسندم”
- Arabic: “مسندم”
- Arabic: “مسندم|”
- Asturian: “Musandam”
- Azerbaijani: “Müsəndəm mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Musandam gobernantzia”
- Basque: “Musandam”
- Bengali: “মুসান্দাম গভর্নোরেট”
- Catalan: “Musandam”
- Cebuano: “Musandam”
- Chinese: “穆桑代姆省”
- Croatian: “Musandam”
- Czech: “Musandam”
- Danish: “Musandam Governorate”
- Dutch: “Musandam”
- Estonian: “Musandami kubernerkond”
- Estonian: “Musandami provints”
- Finnish: “Musandam”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Moussandam”
- French: “Musandam”
- Galician: “Península de Musandam”
- German: “Musandam”
- Greek: “Μουσαντάμ”
- Gujarati: “મુસાન્ડમ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “מוסנדם”
- Hindi: “मुसंदम”
- Hindi: “मुसन्दम मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Hindi: “मुसांडाम गवर्नरेट”
- Hungarian: “Muszandam kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Musandam”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Musandam”
- Italian: “Penisola del Musandam”
- Japanese: “ムサンダム特別行政区”
- Kannada: “ಮುಸಂದಮ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “무산담주”
- Latvian: “Musendemas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Musandamas”
- Malay: “Musandam”
- Malayalam: “മുസന്ധം”
- Marathi: “मुसामदाम गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Musandam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Musandam guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Musandam”
- Ossetian: “Мусандам”
- Persian: “استان مسندم”
- Persian: “مسندم”
- Polish: “Muhafazat Musandam”
- Portuguese: “Moçandão”
- Portuguese: “Província de Moçandão”
- Russian: “Мусандам”
- Scots: “Musandam Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Мусандам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Musandam”
- Sinhala: “මුසන්ඩම් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Musandam”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Musandam”
- Spanish: “Musandam”
- Spanish: “Península de Musandam”
- Swahili: “Musandam”
- Swedish: “Musandam”
- Tamil: “முஸந்தம் கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Telugu: “ముసందం గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการมุซันดัม”
- Turkish: “Musandam valiliği”
- Turkish: “Müsendem”
- Ukrainian: “Мусандам”
- Urdu: “محافظہ مسندم”
- Uzbek: “Musandam muhofazasi”
- Vietnamese: “Musandam”
- Western Panjabi: “محافظہ مسندم”
- Wu Chinese: “穆桑代姆省”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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