Al Ashkharah ( ar, الأشخرة) (named after a poisonous desert plant) is a town in the Ash Sharqiyah Region of

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 t ...

and is 80km from

Ras al-Hadd Raʾs al-Ḥadd ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْحَدّ) is a village in Ash Sharqiyah district in Oman. It is on a point at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman. The region is served by Ras al Hadd Airport. Geography Al Hajar Mountains are located to the ...

and 90km from

Ras al-Jinz Raʾs al-Jinz ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْجِنْز) or ''Raʾs al-Junayz'' ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْجُنَيْز), located in Ash-Sharqiyyah South Governorate, Oman, is the easternmost point of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a nesting site for green ...

. It is part of the J'alan area and can be considered as the key city of this area in addition to Ja'lan. The city's main economic activity is

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

and is famous for catching big fish from shore. Tides are very rough compared to shores in muscat. In 1874, British diplomat

Samuel Barrett Miles Samuel Barrett Miles (2 October 1838 – 28 August 1914) was a British Army officer who served as a diplomat in various Arabic-speaking countries, notably Oman, which he came to know better than any other European of the time. The notes that he m ...

sailed to several Arabic-speaking countries including Al Ashkharah.

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Populated places in Oman {{Oman-geo-stub