The
Musandam Governorate is a
governorate of Oman. It is located on the Musandam peninsula, which juts into the
Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the
Persian Gulf, from the
Arabian Peninsula. The Governorate is an
exclave of
Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the
United Arab Emirates. Its location gives Oman partial control, shared with
Iran, of the strategic strait. In the northern section of Musandam, around
Kumzar, the language is
Kumzari, which is a
southwestern Iranian language closely related to
Larestani and
Luri. The Musandam Peninsula has an area of and a population of 31,425 people.