This is a list of cities and towns in
Oman.
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Adam
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As Sib
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Al Ashkharah
Al Ashkharah ( ar, الأشخرة) (named after a poisonous desert plant) is a town in the Ash Sharqiyah Region (Oman), Ash Sharqiyah Region of Oman and is 80km from Ras al-Hadd and 90km from Ras al-Jinz. It is part of the J'alan area and can be ...
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Al Buraimi
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Al Hamra
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Al Jazer
Al Jazer is a ''Wilayat'' of Al Wusta in the Sultanate 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 sou ...
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Al Madina A'Zarqa, formerly known as Blue City
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Al Suwaiq
Al Suwaiq ( ar, السويق) is a coastal wilayah (province) in the region of Al Bāţinah, in northeastern Oman. It is located at around .
The name of the town refers in Arabic Language to Market, it is named by this name because it located in ...
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Bahla
Bahla ( ar, بهلا) is a town, located 40 km away from Nizwa, and about 200 km from Oman's capital Muscat which lies in the Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate of Oman. It is notable as the home of one of the oldest fortresses in the country, t ...
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Barka
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Bidbid
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Bidiya
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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 ...
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Haima
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Ibra
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Ibri
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Izki
Izki ( ar, إِزْكِي) is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, northeastern Oman. It is located at c. altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census).
Geography
Izki lies at the end of a route from Muscat to Nizwa. The route ...
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Jabrin
Jabrin, also known as Jabreen, ( ar, جبرين) is a small town in Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate in northeastern Oman near Nizwa and the Jabal Akhdar Mountains.
The town is known for its impressive castle, which was built by the Yaruba dynast ...
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Jalan Bani Bu Hassan
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Khasab
Khasab ( ar, خَصَب, Ḫaṣab) is a city and local capital of the Musandam Governorate which is an exclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates at the tip of the Musandam Peninsula by the Strait of Hormuz. It has been dubbed the "Norw ...
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Mahooth
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Manah Manah may refer to:
*Manah, Oman, a town in Oman
*Manāt
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Masirah
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Matrah
Muttrah, ( ar, مطرح) administratively a wilayah (province), is located in the Muscat Governorate of Oman. Before the discovery of oil in Oman, Muttrah was the center of commerce in Oman (Muscat). It is still a center of commerce as one of t ...
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Mudhaybi
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Mudhaireb
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Muscat
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Nizwa
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Quriyat
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Raysut
Raysut ( ar, ريسوت, Raysūt) is a port town in southwestern Oman.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 12 May 2011. It is located in the Dhofar Governorate.
History
In 1908, John Gordon Lorimer (187 ...
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Rustaq
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Ruwi
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Saham
Saham ( ar, صحم) is a coastal town in the Al Batinah Region, in northeastern Oman. It is located at about and has a population of 85,010 (2003 census). Saham is a fishing and a farming town between Al Khaboura and Sohar.
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* List of c ...
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Shinas
Shinas (شناص in Arabic), population 43,312 as of 2005, is a coastal town in northern Oman, near the border between Oman and United Arab Emirates.
Shinas has a distinctive collection of traditional buildings. The port of Shinas has dhows tha ...
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Saiq
Saiq is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman. It has its own airport, Saiq Airport.
Climate
Saiq has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: ''BSk''), with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation ...
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Salalah
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Samail
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Sohar
Sohar ( ar, صُحَار, also Romanized as Suḥār) is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate in Oman. An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town, Suhar has also been credited ...
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Sur
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Tan`am
Tanam or Tan`am is a village in Ad Dhahirah Region, in northeastern Oman. The village lies just southwest of the town of Ibri in Wadi Aswad. The village is described as "little more than an oasis surrounded by block house" It is an important centr ...
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Thumrait
See also
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Governorates of Oman
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Provinces of Oman
The administrative division of Oman contains Eleven Governorates (''muhafazah''):
* Ad Dakhiliyah
*Ad Dhahirah
* Al Batinah North
* Al Batinah South
* Al Buraimi
* Al Wusta
* Ash Sharqiyah North
* Ash Sharqiyah South
*Dhofar
*Muscat
* Musandam
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