Bahla Fort

Bahla Fort is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the highlands in and was the country's first UNESCO-listed fort added in 1987.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …has 54,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 582 metres (1,909 feet)
  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM–7:00 PM
  • Description: medieval Islamic fort in Oman
  • Also known as
    “Bahlā’”
    “Bahlah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bahla.
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Bahla Fort

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Latitude
22.9645° or 22° 57′ 52″ north
Longitude
57.3007° or 57° 18′ 3″ east
Open location code
7HJVX872+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 135869121
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
288899
Wiki­data ID
Q1408909

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bahla Fort” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بهلاء”
  • Arabic: “حصن بهـلاء”
  • Arabic: “قلعة بهلا”
  • Arabic: “قلعة بهلاء”
  • Arabic: “قلعه بهلاء”
  • Bashkir: “Бахла ҡәлғәһе”
  • Basque: “Bahlako gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Форт Бахла”
  • Bengali: “বাহলা দূর্গ”
  • Catalan: “fort de Bahla”
  • Catalan: “Fort de Bahla”
  • Chinese: “巴赫莱要塞”
  • Croatian: “Utvrda Bahla”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Bahla”
  • Dutch: “Fort Bahla”
  • Finnish: “Bahlan linnoitus”
  • French: “fort de Bahla”
  • French: “Fort de bahla”
  • French: “Fort de Bahla”
  • French: “Fort De Bahla”
  • Galician: “Forte de Bahla”
  • Georgian: “ბაჰლას ციხესიმაგრე”
  • Georgian: “ბაჰლის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Bahla-Fort”
  • German: “Festung Hisn Tamah”
  • German: “Festung von Bahla”
  • German: “Hisn Tamah”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο Μπάχλα”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת בהלא”
  • Hungarian: “Bahla-erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Bahla”
  • Italian: “Forte Bahla”
  • Italian: “Forte di Bahla”
  • Japanese: “バハラ城塞”
  • Korean: “바흘라 요새”
  • Lithuanian: “Bahlos tvirtovė”
  • Malayalam: “ബഹ്ല കോട്ട”
  • Maltese: “Bahla Fort”
  • Maltese: “Forti ta’ Bahla”
  • Nepali: “बहला किल्ला”
  • Persian: “دژ بهلا”
  • Persian: “قلعة بهلا”
  • Persian: “قلعه بهلا”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ بهلا”
  • Polish: “Fort Bahla”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Bahla”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Bala”
  • Russian: “Бахла”
  • Russian: “Крепость Бахла”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Bahla”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Utvrda Bahla”
  • Slovak: “Kal’a Bahlá”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Bahla”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Bahla”
  • Swedish: “Bahlafortet”
  • Tamil: “பகுலா கோட்டை”
  • Tatar: “Бахла урта гасыр кальгасы”
  • Turkish: “Bahla Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бахла”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ بہلہ”
  • Uzbek: “Bahla qal’asi”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Bahla”

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