Halban is a village in

Nakhal Nakhal () or Nakhl () is a wilayah in Al Batinah South Governorate in Oman. It is home to many old castles and forts, including the pre-7th century Nakhal Fort. Nakhal stand out with its fortress perched on a mountainous hill amidst a cluster of ...

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, in northeastern

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Accessed 12 May 2011. Halban is the home of the

German University of Technology in Oman The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) is a private university in Halban, Oman. It was established in 2007 in Muscat, Oman, Muscat in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University in Germany, one of the leading and top-ranked universi ...

(GUtech) as well as the Arab Open University in Oman (AOU-Oman).

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Populated places in the Muscat Governorate {{Oman-geo-stub