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Muscat Governorate

Muscat is a governorate of the . Its provincial capital is , which is the largest city and only metropolis of Oman. Muscat Governorate, commonly referred to as Muscat City, is the seat of government and contains Oman's first cruise and cargo port and oil port.
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  • Type: State with 1,300,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Oman
  • Also known as: “Masqaţ”, “Minţaqat Masqaţ”, “Muhafazat Masqat”, and “Muscat”

Muscat Governorate

Latitude
23.4075° or 23° 24′ 27″ north
Longitude
58.5935° or 58° 35′ 37″ east
Population
1,300,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7HMWCH4V+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13277213927
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
411740
Wiki­data ID
Q544762
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Muscat Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة مسقط”
  • Arabic: “مسقط”
  • Armenian: “Մասկատ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Mascate”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maskat mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Maskat”
  • Belarusian: “Маскат”
  • Bengali: “মাস্কাট গভর্নরেট”
  • Bengali: “মুস্কাট গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Маскат”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Masqat”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Masqaţ”
  • Chinese: “馬斯喀特區”
  • Chinese: “馬斯喀特省”
  • Chinese: “马斯喀特省”
  • Czech: “Maskat”
  • Danish: “Muscat Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Masqat”
  • Dutch: “Muscat”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Maskato”
  • Finnish: “Muscatin kuvernementti”
  • Finnish: “Muscatin kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Mascate”
  • French: “Mascate”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Mascate”
  • German: “Maskat”
  • Greek: “Μουσκάτ”
  • Gujarati: “મસ્કટ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hindi: “मस्क़ट गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “मस्क़त मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Hungarian: “Maszkat kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Muskat”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Mascate”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Mascate”
  • Japanese: “マスカット特別行政区”
  • Kannada: “ಮಸ್ಕಟ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “무스카트주”
  • Latvian: “Muskatas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Maskato gubernija”
  • Lithuanian: “Maskato muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Muskato gubernija”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Masqat”
  • Malay: “Muscat Governorate”
  • Marathi: “मस्कट गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maskat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muskat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muscat guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Muskat”
  • Persian: “استان مسقط”
  • Polish: “Muhafazat Maskat”
  • Portuguese: “Governamento de Muscat”
  • Portuguese: “Mascate”
  • Romanian: “guvernoratul Muscat”
  • Russian: “Маскат”
  • Sinhala: “මස්කට් පළාත”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Mascate”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion Muscat”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación Muscat”
  • Swahili: “Maskat”
  • Swedish: “Muskat”
  • Tamil: “மசுக்கத்து ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “மஸ்கட் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “மஸ்கட் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “మస్కట్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการมัสกัต”
  • Turkish: “Maskat valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Maskat”
  • Ukrainian: “Маскат”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ مسقط”
  • Uzbek: “Maskat muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Muscat”
  • Western Panjabi: “محافظہ مسقط”
  • Wu Chinese: “马斯喀特省”

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