{"id":17858,"date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/17858\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:59:00","slug":"musandam-governorate-sees-significant-investment-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/17858\/","title":{"rendered":"Musandam Governorate sees significant investment growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<p class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mg.gov.om\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musandam Governorate<\/a> is witnessing significant growth in housing and urban planning thanks to improved infrastructure and measures to enhance economic development in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">These efforts aim to integrate the Governorate&#8217;s urban strategy with Oman\u2019s national development goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=400995691  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62676 size-fusion-800\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/f989ce90-4196-4235-81d9-e0937e00f987-800x450-1.jpeg\" alt=\"General View from Dibba in Musandam\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Directorate General of Housing and Urban Planning in Musandam signed 19 agreements with private companies at the beginning of this year with investments nearing OMR 60,000 in industry, agriculture and quarries.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=642325566  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62678 size-fusion-800\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/8d70a418-9f48-426f-988f-8bf674a35de3-800x534-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Generic View of Madha in Musandam\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ali bin Ahmed Al Ma&#8217;shani, Director General of the Directorate, noted a remarkable increase in real estate transactions surpassing OMR 5 million.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed a more than five percent rise in foreign real estate trading during the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mg.gov.om\/about\/1\/1461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahim bin Said Al Busaidi, Governor of Musandam<\/a>, confirmed the expansion of local services, including the opening of a new housing and urban planning services office in Wilayat Madha to enhance coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=28870061  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/السيد-إبراهيم-بن-سعيد-البوسعيدي-600x600-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62672 size-fusion-600\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mr. Ibrahim bin Saeed Al Busaidi, Governor of Musandam\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Among upcoming projects in the Governorate is a comprehensive housing plan in Kumzar village valued at OMR 4.2m, which includes 150 residential plots, roads, a school, a health centre, a public council and other essential facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Another major project is the development of &#8220;Palm Hills,&#8221; which comprises 536 housing units on an area of 635,000 square meters, with a budget exceeding OMR 70m aimed at providing a modern residential environment.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is an urban renewal project in Wilayat Dibba, covering more than 672,000 square meters, including the Dibba port area.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=73676471  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/musandam-800x482-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62674 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photo of Musandam\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Development plans aim to integrate the governorate&#8217;s urban strategy with Oman\u2019s national goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-trade-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17860,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17858\/revisions\/17860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}