Sohar

Sohar, officially: Suhar, is the capital and largest city of the in . An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town on the , Sohar has also been credited as the mythical birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor.
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  • City with about 219,000 residents
  • …has the IATA airport code OHS
  • …is also known as “As Sohār, Al Sohar, Sohār, Aş Şuḩār, Şuḩār, As Sohar, Al Sohar, Sohar, As Suhar, Suhar”
  • Description: a city in Oman

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Sohar

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Latitude
24.342° or 24° 20′ 31″ north
Longitude
56.7298° or 56° 43′ 47″ east
UN/LOCODE
OM SOH
Open location code
7HPR8PRH+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1719474006
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
286282
Wiki­data ID
Q943270

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Sohar” goes by many names.
ሶሃርAmharic
Aş ŞuḩārArabic
ŞuḩārArabic
الصحارArabic
‏صحار‎Arabic
ولاية صحارArabic
SoharAsturian
SoharAzerbaijani
SоhаrAzerbaijani
SoharBasque
СухарBelarusian
সোহারBengali
SuharCatalan
Al SoharCebuano
勿巡Chinese
沒巽Chinese
苏哈尔Chinese
蘇哈爾Chinese
SuhárCzech
SoharDanish
SoharDutch
ولاية صحارEgyptian Arabic
SuharEsperanto
SuharoEsperanto
SoharFinnish
SoharFrench
SoharGalician
SuharGerman
ΣοχάρGreek
સોહરGujarati
SoharHausa
סוחארHebrew
सोहारHindi
SoharIndonesian
SoharItalian
スハールJapanese
ソハールJapanese
SoharJavanese
ಸೂಹಾರ್Kannada
СохарKazakh
СохарKirghiz
소하르Korean
SoharaLatvian
SoharasLithuanian
SoharMalay
सोहरMarathi
სოჰარიMingrelian
SuharNorwegian
SuharNorwegian Bokmål
SoharNorwegian Nynorsk
SoharOromo
СухарOssetian
ਸੋਹਾਰPanjabi
صحارPersian
SuharPolish
SoarPortuguese
SoharPortuguese
SuharPortuguese
صحارPushto
СухарRussian
සොහාර්Sinhala
SoharSomali
SoharSpanish
SoharSwahili
SoharSwedish
SuharSwedish
SuhorTajik
СохарTajik
СуҳорTajik
காசாபிTamil
СохарTatar
సోహర్Telugu
ศุฮารThai
SaharTurkish
SuharTurkish
CухарUkrainian
СухарUkrainian
صحارUrdu
SoharUzbek
SuhorUzbek
SoharVietnamese
صحارWestern Panjabi

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