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Al Ghuwaysah Destination Guide

Explore Al Ghuwaysah in Oman

Al Ghuwaysah in the region of Al Bāţinah is a town in Oman - some 116 mi or ( 187 km ) West of Muscat , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Al Ghuwaysah is now 10:48 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Muscat " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Bandar Abbas, Umm al Ja'arif, Suwayhirah, Sur ash Shiyadi, and Al Sohar. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Bandar Abbas . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Al Ghuwaysah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

OMAN FISHING 1984

7:12 min by axz555
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On the east coast of Oman, Al-Batinah, we interviewed a citizen during their classical method of fishing. Notice the main fishing was for sardine which lives along the beach. As fisherman explained th ..

Zighy Bay - Hotel ROOM

1:05 min by Gary Chapman
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Zighy Bay - hotel room ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Saham

'Sahm' redirects here. For the acronym SAHM('stay at home mom'), see Homemaker. Saham —  Town  — Saham is located in OmanSahamSaham Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:24|10|20|N|56|53|19|E|type:city_region:OM |primary |name= }} Country 22x20px Oman Region Al Batinah Region Time zone +4 Saham is a coastal town in the Al Batinah Region, in northeastern Oman.

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Located at 24.17 56.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Populated coastal places in Oman, Populated places in Oman

Sohar University

Sohar University (جامعة صحار) was established in 2001 as the first private university in Oman. It was granted degree awarding powers by the Oman Ministry of Higher Education, with the authority to provide programs and courses whose successful completion leads to academic awards.

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Located at 24.30 56.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Education in Oman, Educational institutions established in 1998, Sohar, Universities in Oman

Sohar Regional Sports Complex

Sohar Regional Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Sohar, Oman. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Sohar Club. The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 spectators.

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Located at 24.33 56.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Football venues in Oman

Indian School, Sohar

Indian School Sohar is an English medium,co- educational for foreigners and is situated in Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman. It was founded in 1982 and is managed by the members of the Indian business community. It has students from kindergarten to Class 12 and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Educationhttp://164.100.50.30/SchoolDir/userview. aspx (CBSE, New Delhi), India. It is one of fifteen schools managed by Indian embassy in Oman.

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Located at 24.34 56.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1982, India–Oman relations, Schools in Oman, Sohar

Sohar

Sohar is the most developed city in the Sultanate of Oman outside the capital Muscat. It is about 200 kilometres north of Muscat. Sohar was an ancient capital of Oman and many believe it to be the birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor. Having a rich sailing history, Sohar was traditionally a fishing town, but is more recently known as Oman's industrial hub due to the massive developments in the Sohar Industrial Port.

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Located at 24.34 56.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Populated places in Oman, Sohar