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Al Buraymi · Topic file

Is the plumbing under Al Buraymi ready for the 2040 story?

Infrastructure is the silent constraint. Roads, water and utility access are usually what separates a strategy on the page from an economy that runs. For Al Buraymi, the honest read comes down to roads executed and water connections.

62 km

Roads executed

That puts Al Buraymi at 10 of 11 on the official table.

24,091

Water connections

That puts Al Buraymi at 9 of 11 on the official table.

The numbers

Where Al Buraymi stands today, chart by chart

Roads executed

Total executed road length by governorate in 2025, combining graded, dual and single roads.

Ranking chart showing roads executed across Oman's governorates, with Al Buraymi highlighted.0 km149 km299 km448 km597 kmAd Dakhiliyah597 kmMuscat567 kmDhofar412 kmAsh Sharqiyah North263 kmAl Batinah South260 kmAl Wusta139 kmAdh Dhahirah120 kmAsh Sharqiyah South117 kmAl Batinah North90 kmAl Buraymi62 kmMusandam5 km

NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Roads Executed Lengths by Governorates.

Water connections

Total water connections by governorate in 2025.

Ranking chart showing water connections across Oman's governorates, with Al Buraymi highlighted.085,339170,678256,016341,355Muscat341,355Al Batinah North118,137Dhofar93,106Al Batinah South75,432Ad Dakhiliyah71,624Ash Sharqiyah South58,158Ash Sharqiyah North29,708Adh Dhahirah27,164Al Buraymi24,091Musandam11,661Al Wusta5,650

NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Production and Distribution of Water and No.of Connections by Governorate.

The trend over time

How Al Buraymi got here

Water connections

Water connections in homes and businesses, year by year. The simplest way to see whether utility coverage is actually keeping up as the governorate grows.

Time-series chart showing water connections for Al Buraymi using only official governorate data.22,52122,96923,41823,86724,31520222023202420252022: 22,6892025: 24,091Official actual

2022–2024 from the Production and Distribution of Water and No. of Connections by Governorate table in Statistical Year Book 2025 (Issue 53). 2025 from the equivalent table in Statistical Year Book 2026 (Issue 54).

Reading the charts

What the latest tables are really saying

  • Al Buraymi is showing 62 km on roads executed. That puts Al Buraymi at 10 of 11 on the official table.
  • Al Buraymi is showing 24,091 on water connections. That puts Al Buraymi at 9 of 11 on the official table.
  • The MOHUP strategy frames Al Buraymi around self-sufficiency, cross-border opportunity, green technology, and food-security-linked growth. Roads, water and power are the quiet layer underneath — get them wrong and nothing else really runs.

Why this file matters

The strategy Al Buraymi is being measured against

Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.

The MOHUP strategy frames Al Buraymi around self-sufficiency, cross-border opportunity, green technology, and food-security-linked growth. Al Buraymi city is the main anchor, while Mahadah and As Sunaynah are meant to support mining, livestock, dairy and tourism activity.

  • The governorate is meant to use its position next to neighboring markets as a structural advantage.
  • Green technology is not peripheral in the official story; it is treated as a local differentiator and employment anchor.
  • Secondary centres are expected to carry distinct roles in mining, dairy, livestock and desert tourism.

Related topic files

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These linked files cover the other live tests in the same governorate, so the numbers on capital, jobs, services, tourism, utilities, and urban buildout can be read together instead of in isolation.