139 km
Roads executed
That puts Duqm at 6 of 11 on the official table.
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Duqm · Topic file
Is the plumbing under Duqm 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 Duqm, the honest read comes down to roads executed and water connections.
5,650
Water connections
That puts Duqm at 11 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Duqm stands today, chart by chart
Roads executed
Total executed road length by governorate in 2025, combining graded, dual and single roads.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Roads Executed Lengths by Governorates.
Water connections
Total water connections by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Production and Distribution of Water and No.of Connections by Governorate.
The trend over time
How Duqm 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.
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
- Duqm is showing 139 km on roads executed. That puts Duqm at 6 of 11 on the official table.
- Duqm is showing 5,650 on water connections. That puts Duqm at 11 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP's strategy for Al Wusta is centered on Duqm as a national gateway and business hub, Hayma as a regional service centre, and a wider transition toward manufacturing, petrochemicals, fisheries and renewables inside a vast low-density geography. Roads, water and power are the quiet layer underneath — get them wrong and nothing else really runs.
Why this file matters
The strategy Duqm is being measured against
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.
MOHUP's strategy for Al Wusta is centered on Duqm as a national gateway and business hub, Hayma as a regional service centre, and a wider transition toward manufacturing, petrochemicals, fisheries and renewables inside a vast low-density geography.
- Duqm is expected to provide a full urban platform, not just an industrial zone disconnected from resident life.
- The region's geography is treated as an advantage for renewables, large-scale industry and wilderness tourism.
- Distance and sparse settlement are major design constraints, which is why Hayma and other local centres matter.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Al Wusta execution map
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.
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Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
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Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
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Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
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Tourism and place economy
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
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Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.