5 km
Roads executed
That puts Khasab at 11 of 11 on the official table.
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Khasab · Topic file
Is the plumbing under Khasab 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 Khasab, the honest read comes down to roads executed and water connections.
11,661
Water connections
That puts Khasab at 10 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Khasab 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 Khasab 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
- Khasab is showing 5 km on roads executed. That puts Khasab at 11 of 11 on the official table.
- Khasab is showing 11,661 on water connections. That puts Khasab at 10 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP positions Musandam around eco-tourism, fisheries, agriculture, quarrying and its unique geographic position. Roads, water and power are the quiet layer underneath — get them wrong and nothing else really runs.
Why this file matters
The strategy Khasab is being measured against
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.
MOHUP positions Musandam around eco-tourism, fisheries, agriculture, quarrying and its unique geographic position. The spatial strategy emphasises controlled development, functional zoning and the protection of natural beauty as the basis of future growth.
- Tourism is explicitly framed as the main driver of Musandam's future economy.
- The strategy still expects supporting roles from fisheries, agriculture, trade and quarrying rather than a one-sector story.
- The official planning approach is unusually spatially strict because land claiming, ecological protection and phased master plans all matter here.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Musandam 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.
Musandam topic file
Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
Musandam topic file
Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
Musandam topic file
Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
Musandam topic file
Tourism and place economy
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
Musandam topic file
Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.