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Dhofar is the southernmost region of . It is best known for being one of the main producers of aromatic frankincense, both historically and in modern times.
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is the capital city of 's southern Dhofar region. It is the second largest city in the Sultanate, and has the distinction of being the Sultan Qaboos' birthplace.

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is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern . In 2020, the town had a population of 9,886, while the wilayat as a whole had a population of 16,364.

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is a wilayat and coastal town of the Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern . It is located at about. The nature of the wilayat is diverse, as it is a coastal province with beaches, plains, and mountains.

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is a small town and wilayat of the Dhofar Governorate in southern . As of the 2020 Omani census, had a population of 10,552. In ancient times was an important point on the Arabian peninsula's caravan routes.

Dhofar

Latitude of center
18.4° or 18° 24′ north
Longitude of center
54.2164° or 54° 12′ 59″ east
Population
408,000
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13277213936
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
411742
Wiki­data ID
Q1207752
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Dhofar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Z̧ufār”
  • Arabic: “ظفار عمان”
  • Arabic: “ظفار”
  • Arabic: “ظفار|”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ظفار”
  • Asturian: “Dhofar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Züfar mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Dhofar”
  • Bengali: “ধোফার গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Dhofar”
  • Catalan: “Dhophar”
  • Catalan: “Dhufar”
  • Catalan: “Dophar”
  • Catalan: “governació de Dhofar”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Dhofar”
  • Catalan: “Zufar”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Z̧ufār”
  • Chinese: “佐法尔”
  • Chinese: “佐法尔省”
  • Chinese: “佐法爾省”
  • Chinese: “左法儿”
  • Czech: “Dafár”
  • Czech: “Dhafár”
  • Czech: “Dhofar”
  • Czech: “Dhofár”
  • Czech: “Zafár”
  • Czech: “Zúfar”
  • Danish: “Dhofar”
  • Dutch: “Dhofar”
  • Dutch: “Muhafazat Zufar”
  • Esperanto: “Dofaro”
  • Finnish: “Dhofar”
  • Finnish: “Zufar”
  • French: “Dhofar”
  • German: “Dhofar”
  • German: “Dofar”
  • German: “OM-JA”
  • German: “Zufar”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ντοφάρ”
  • Gujarati: “ઢોફાર ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hindi: “ज़ोफ़ार प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “ज़ोफ़ार मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Hindi: “ढोफार गवर्नैंटेट”
  • Hungarian: “Zofár kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Dhofar”
  • Italian: “Dhofar”
  • Italian: “Governatorato del Dhofar”
  • Japanese: “ドファール地方”
  • Japanese: “ドファール特別行政区”
  • Kannada: “ಧೋಫರ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “도파르주”
  • Latvian: “Dofaras muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Dofaras”
  • Lithuanian: “Dofaro muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Dhofar Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Dhofar”
  • Malayalam: “ദോഫാർ ഗവർണറേറ്റ്”
  • Marathi: “ढोफार गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dhofar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dhofar guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muhafazat Zufar”
  • Norwegian: “Dhofar”
  • Persian: “استان ظفار”
  • Persian: “ظفار”
  • Polish: “Dhofar”
  • Polish: “Muhafazat Zufar”
  • Polish: “Zufar”
  • Portuguese: “Dhofar”
  • Portuguese: “Dofar”
  • Portuguese: “Zufar”
  • Russian: “Дофар”
  • Sinhala: “ඩොෆාර් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Dofar”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Dofar”
  • Spanish: “Dhofar”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Dhofar”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Dhofar”
  • Spanish: “Zufar”
  • Swahili: “Dhofar”
  • Swedish: “Dhofar”
  • Talysh: “Dofar”
  • Tamil: “தோபார் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Telugu: “దోఫార్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการซุฟาร”
  • Turkish: “Zafar”
  • Turkish: “Zufar valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Zufar”
  • Ukrainian: “Дофар”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ ظفار”
  • Uzbek: “Zufor muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Dhofar”
  • Wu Chinese: “佐法尔省”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Dhofar”. Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.