Wakan
Wakan, Wukan or Wekan is a village in the wilayah of Nakhal in Oman. It lies on the slopes of the Wadi Mistal mountains at an altitude of approximately 1,500 metres above sea level in the Western Hajar Mountains, 140 kilometres from Muscat and 56 kilometres from Nakhal.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Oman
- Also known as: “Wakān”, “Wakan, Oman”, “Wekan”, “Wukan”, “Wukān”, and “Wukān, Wakān, Wekan”
Wakan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
23.14348° or 23° 8′ 37″ north
Longitude
57.73461° or 57° 44′ 5″ east
Open location code
7HMV4PVM+9R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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