Oman — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Oman — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Oman had an estimated population of 2,396,545 in 2005, with 26 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Oman today — population now 4,829,483, against 2,396,545 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Masqat	871,166

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	as-Sīb	Muscat	182,261
2	Şalālah	Z̨ufār	178,447
3	Şuh̨ār	al-Bāţinah	138,832
4	Bawšar	Muscat	126,416
5	ʿIbrī	az̨-Z̨āhirah	88,599
6	Nizwa	ad-Dāẖīliyah	86,615
7	as-Suwayq	al-Bāţinah	86,268
8	Ruwī	Muscat	85,601
9	Şūr	aš-Šarqīyah	77,414
10	Şah̨am	al-Bāţinah	76,022
11	Muscat	Muscat	67,442
12	al-Buraymi	az̨-Z̨āhirah	62,325
13	ar-Rustāq	al-Bāţinah	60,196
14	Matruh	Muscat	57,604
15	Barka	al-Bāţinah	57,535
16	al-Mud̨aybī	aš-Šarqīyah	45,170
17	Bahlāʿ	ad-Dāẖīliyah	44,024
18	Šināş	al-Bāţinah	43,312
19	Qābūs	Muscat	37,739
20	al-H̱abūrah	al-Bāţinah	36,563
21	al-Maşnaʿah	al-Bāţinah	36,143
22	Sumaʿil	ad-Dāẖīliyah	36,088
23	Qurayyāt	Muscat	29,615
24	al-Qurm	Muscat	23,597
25	Ibra	aš-Šarqīyah	21,388
26	H̱aşab	Musandam	17,081

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	al-Bāţinah	668,618
2	Muscat	646,027
3	aš-Šarqīyah	323,915
4	ad-Dāẖīliyah	273,657
5	Z̨ufār	220,520
6	az̨-Z̨āhirah	211,394
7	Musandam	28,218
8	al-Wusta	24,196

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.