Dhofar
Dhofar is the southernmost region of Oman. It is best known for being one of the main producers of aromatic frankincense, both historically and in modern times.
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Dhofar
- State with 408,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 246 metres (807 feet)
- Description: It is located in the southwest of the Sultanate of Oman and is part of the Hadhramaut region.
- Also known as“Dhofar Governorate”“Muhafazat Zufar”
- Neighbors: Eastern Province
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Latitude of center
18.4° or 18° 24′ north
Longitude of center
54.2164° or 54° 12′ 59″ east
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Dhofar” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ዞፋር”
- Arabic: “Z̧ufār”
- Arabic: “ظفار عمان”
- Arabic: “ظفار”
- Arabic: “ظفار|”
- Arabic: “محافظة ظفار”
- Asturian: “Dhofar”
- Azerbaijani: “Dofar”
- 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”
- Hausa: “Dhofar”
- 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”
- Javanese: “Dhofar”
- Kannada: “ಧೋಫರ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Дофар”
- Kirghiz: “Дофар”
- 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”
- Oromo: “Dhofar”
- Panjabi: “ਧੋਫਾਰ”
- Persian: “استان ظفار”
- Persian: “ظفار”
- Polish: “Dhofar”
- Polish: “Muhafazat Zufar”
- Polish: “Zufar”
- Portuguese: “Dhofar”
- Portuguese: “Dófar”
- Portuguese: “Zufar”
- Pushto: “ظفار”
- Russian: “Дофар”
- Sinhala: “ඩොෆාර් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Dofar”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Dofar”
- Somali: “Dhofar”
- Spanish: “Dhofar”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Dhofar”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Dhofar”
- Spanish: “Zufar”
- Swahili: “Dhofar”
- Swedish: “Dhofar”
- Tajik: “Дофор”
- Talysh: “Dofar”
- Tamil: “தோபார் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Дофар”
- Telugu: “దోఫార్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการซุฟาร”
- Tumbuka: “Chigaŵa cha Dhofar”
- Turkish: “Zafar”
- Turkish: “Zufar valiliği”
- Turkish: “Zufar”
- Ukrainian: “Дофар”
- Urdu: “محافظہ ظفار”
- Uzbek: “Dofar”
- Uzbek: “Zufor muhofazasi”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Dhofar”
- Wu Chinese: “佐法尔省”
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