Nizwa

Nizwa is the largest city in in Oman and was the capital of . Nizwa is about 140 km from the Omani capital .
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  • Type: City with 77,400 residents
  • Description: city in Ad Dakhiliyah governorate, Oman
  • Also known as: “Nazwah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nizwa Fort.

Castle
Photo: Andries Oudshoorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 17th-century fortification in Nizwa, . Built in the 1650s under Imam Sultan bin Saif, it is known for its large circular tower and is one of Oman's prominent historic and tourist landmarks.

Nizwa

Latitude
22.9324° or 22° 55′ 57″ north
Longitude
57.5311° or 57° 31′ 52″ east
Population
77,400
Elevation
511 metres (1,677 feet)
United Nations Location Code
OM NIZ
Open location code
7HJVWGJJ+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1721750572
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
286987
Wiki­data ID
Q1915327
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Nizwa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኒዝዋ”
  • Arabic: “بيضة الإسلام”
  • Arabic: “نزوى”
  • Arabic: “نَزوى”
  • Arabic: “نِزوى”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نزوى”
  • Armenian: “Նիզվա”
  • Asturian: “Nizwa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nizva”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nizvа”
  • Basque: “Nizwa”
  • Belarusian: “Нізва”
  • Bengali: “নিজওয়া”
  • Catalan: “Nizwa”
  • Cebuano: “Nizwá”
  • Chinese: “尼兹瓦”
  • Chinese: “尼茲瓦”
  • Czech: “Nazvá”
  • Danish: “Nizwa”
  • Dutch: “Nizwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ولايه نزوى”
  • Finnish: “Nizwa”
  • French: “Nizwa”
  • German: “Nizwa”
  • Greek: “Νιζουά”
  • Gujarati: “નિઝ્વા”
  • Hausa: “Nizwa”
  • Hebrew: “ניזווא”
  • Hindi: “निज़वा”
  • Indonesian: “Nizwa”
  • Italian: “Nizwa”
  • Japanese: “ニズワ”
  • Javanese: “Nizwa”
  • Kannada: “ನಿಜ್ವಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Низуа”
  • Kirghiz: “Низуа”
  • Korean: “니즈와”
  • Latvian: “Nizva”
  • Lithuanian: “Nizva”
  • Malay: “Nizwa”
  • Maltese: “Nizwa”
  • Marathi: “निजावा”
  • Mingrelian: “ნაზვა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nizwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nizwa”
  • Norwegian: “Nizwa”
  • Oromo: “Nizwa”
  • Ossetian: “Низва”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਜ਼ਵਾ”
  • Persian: “نزوی”
  • Polish: “Nizwa”
  • Portuguese: “Nizua”
  • Portuguese: “Nizwa”
  • Pushto: “نزوى”
  • Russian: “Назва”
  • Russian: “Низва”
  • Sinhala: “නිස්වා”
  • Slovenian: “Nizva”
  • Somali: “Nizwa”
  • Spanish: “Nizwa”
  • Spanish: “Nizwá”
  • Swahili: “Nizwa”
  • Swedish: “Nizwa”
  • Tajik: “Низуа”
  • Tamil: “நிஸ்வா”
  • Tatar: “Низуа”
  • Telugu: “నిజ్వా”
  • Thai: “นิซวา”
  • Turkish: “Nizva”
  • Turkish: “Nizve”
  • Turkish: “Nizwa”
  • Ukrainian: “Нізва”
  • Urdu: “نزوی”
  • Uzbek: “Nizva”
  • Uzbek: “Nizvo”
  • Vietnamese: “Nizwa”
  • Western Panjabi: “نزویٰ”

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