The Governorate of LOCATION@1 is in the far south of the Sultanate and borders on the LOCATION@2 the east , the LOCATION@3 to the south , the LOCATION@4 to the west and the LOCATION@5 to the north and north-west .

It borders the LOCATION@6 to the northwest , LOCATION@7 to the west , and LOCATION@8 to the southwest .
