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Al-Wusta Club
Al-Wusta Club is a football club based in Oman. The club serves for the four Wilayats of the Al Wusta Governorate region; Haima, Duqm Duqm ( ar, ٱلدُّقْم, Ad-Duqm) is a port town on the Arabian Sea in central-eastern Oman. As of 2010, the population was 11,200. History Duqm was a small fishing settlement of the Janubah tribe on the coast of southern Oman, when a party ..., Mahout and Al Jazer. The club plays in the Oman First Division League. References External links Official Facebook page Al Wusta Governorate (Oman) Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Oman shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, while sharing Maritime boundary, maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam Governorate, Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the United Arab Emirates on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz (which it shares with Iran) and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries. Muscat is the nation's capital and largest city. From the 17th century, the Omani Sultanate was Omani Empire, an empire, vying with the Portuguese Empire, Portuguese and British Empire, British empires for influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Wusta Governorate (Oman)
Al Wusta Governorate may refer to: * Central Governorate (Bahrain) The Central Governorate () was one of the five governorates of Bahrain until September 2014. It included parts of the former municipalities of Jid Ali, Madinat 'Isa, Sitrah Sitra ( ar, سترة or , ''As-Sitra''), also known as Sitrah ( ar ... * Al Wusta Governorate (Oman) (former region) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haima, Oman
Haima ( ar, هيماء , Haymā’), is a town in the central Oman. It is the capital of the central region of Oman called Al Wusta Governorate. Permanent settlement began after a team of oil explorers sunk a water well there. This well, along with another dug in al-Ajaiz, became the first permanent water sources in Jiddat il-Harasiis. The well in Haima was used less than that in al-Ajaiz on account of the poor grazing lands surrounding it. In 1982 a school for boys and later one for girls was opened in Haima. Families from the Harasiis tribe have increasingly settled in this location while schools are in session. Dawn Chatty, "Negotiating Authenticity and Translocality in Oman: The "Desertscapes" of the Harasiis Tribe," in Regionalizing Oman: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics," (ed) Steffen Wippel, New York: Springer, 2013, 137. Climate Haima has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: ''BWh''). See also * List of cities in Oman This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duqm
Duqm ( ar, ٱلدُّقْم, Ad-Duqm) is a port town on the Arabian Sea in central-eastern Oman. As of 2010, the population was 11,200. History Duqm was a small fishing settlement of the Janubah tribe on the coast of southern Oman, when a party of soldiers of the Muscat and Oman Field Force and geologists of Petroleum Development Oman landed in February 1954 to begin the modern oil exploration of central Oman. Today it is an industrial oil town. Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) Duqm Fishing Port, located in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), is the largest multi-purpose fishing port in the Sultanate of Oman, which lay out in an area of (600 hectares) and a depth of (10 m). Construction was completed in 2021. The main breakwater is 2.2 km long, the secondary breakwater is 1.1 km long and the total lengths of the Jetties are around 1.2 km long. Duqm refinery, also located in SEZAD and occupying 900 hectares, is a large oil refinery under constructio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oman First Division League
The Oman First Division League (known as the Omantel First Division League for sponsorship purposes) is the second-highest Association football league in Oman. Contested by 13 teams, the top 2 teams replace the bottom two in the Oman Professional League while the third-placed team has a play-off facing the third last-laced team in order to gain promotion. It is one of four divisions the Oman Football Association (Oman's main football governing body) encompasses, and has 12 teams while the Second Division and Third Division have 13 and 20 clubs each. All First Division teams are entered in the Sultan Qaboos Cup draw. Two First Division teams made the quarter-finals in 2016. The 2016-17 Oman First Division commenced on September 18. Al-Mussanah SC, Sur SC and Salalah SC were relegated to the 2016-17 Oman First Division League. Leading in the 2016-17 Oman First Division (as of 20 February 2017) are newcomers Al-Salam SC (Oman), Al-Salam SC, barely surpassing Al-Seeb Club on goal di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |