Middle East
Oman
Muscat Governorate

Bawshar

Bawshar is one of the provinces of , in northeastern . The province borders wilayat in the east and wilayat in the west, it overlooks the Sea of Oman to the north.
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  • Type: City with 421,000 residents
  • Description: wilayat in Muscat Governorate, Oman
  • Also known as: “Boshar, Boushar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include As Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and As Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Mosque
Photo: Mostafameraji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is a Friday mosque located in , the capital city of the . Completed in 2001 in a contemporary Islamic style, it is the largest mosque in the country and can accommodate 20,000 worshipers.

Stadium
Photo: Pranav21391, Public domain.
The Sultan Qaboos Stadium at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, also known locally as Boshar, is a government-owned multi-purpose stadium in the Boshar district of , .

Shopping center
is one of the largest in . It is a division of LuLu Group International based at . It was inaugurated in May 2015, under the patronage of M.A Yusuff Ali, MD, Lulu Group, along with other key members of the Lulu management.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sad and Jal.

Neighborhood
is a village in , in northeastern .

Neighborhood
is a village in , in northeastern .

Neighborhood
is a village in , in northeastern .

Bawshar

Latitude
23.5694° or 23° 34′ 10″ north
Longitude
58.4073° or 58° 24′ 26″ east
Population
421,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
7HMWHC94+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1721968606
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
288764
Wiki­data ID
Q2892151
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Satellite Map

Discover Bawshar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bawshar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوشر”
  • Arabic: “ولاية بوشر”
  • Arabic: “ولايه بوشر”
  • Cebuano: “Bawshar”
  • Chinese: “包舍爾”
  • Dutch: “Bawshar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ولاية بوشر”
  • Esperanto: “Baŭŝar”
  • Finnish: “Bawshar”
  • French: “Bawshar”
  • German: “Bawschar”
  • German: “Bawshar”
  • Irish: “Bawshar”
  • Italian: “Bawshar”
  • Japanese: “バウシャル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bawshar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bawshar”
  • Norwegian: “Bawshar”
  • Persian: “بوشر”
  • Polish: “Bauszar”
  • Portuguese: “Bauxar”
  • Russian: “Баушар”
  • Spanish: “Baushar”
  • Swedish: “Bawshar”
  • Urdu: “بوشر”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Al Ghubrah South and Shabiyat Bawshar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mall of Oman and VOX Cinemas.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bawshar”. Photo: Faheem Ali al Marhoo…, CC BY 3.0.