Sohar

Sohar 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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  • Type: City with 271,000 residents
  • Description: a city in Oman
  • Also known as: As Sohār, Al Sohar, Sohār, Aş Şuḩār, Şuḩār, As Sohar, Al Sohar, Sohar, As Suhar, Suhar

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indian School Sohar.

School
is an English co-educational school for Indians in the Al Hambar area of Sohar, Oman. It was founded in 1982 and is managed by members of the Indian business community.

Sohar

Latitude
24.342° or 24° 20′ 31″ north
Longitude
56.7298° or 56° 43′ 47″ east
Population
271,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
IATA airport code
OHS
United Nations Location Code
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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sohar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Aş Şuḩār
  • Arabic: Şuḩār
  • Arabic: الصحار
  • Arabic: ‏صحار‎
  • Arabic: صحار
  • Arabic: ولاية صحار
  • Asturian: Sohar
  • Azerbaijani: Sohar
  • Azerbaijani: Sоhаr
  • Basque: Sohar
  • Belarusian: Сухар
  • Bengali: সুহার
  • Catalan: Suhar
  • Cebuano: Al Sohar
  • Chinese: 勿巡
  • Chinese: 沒巽
  • Chinese: 苏哈尔
  • Chinese: 蘇哈爾
  • Czech: Suhár
  • Danish: Sohar
  • Dutch: Sohar
  • Esperanto: Suhar
  • Esperanto: Suharo
  • Finnish: Sohar
  • French: Sohar
  • Galician: Sohar
  • German: Suhar
  • Greek: Σοχάρ
  • Gujarati: સોહર
  • Hebrew: סוהר
  • Hebrew: סוחאר
  • Hindi: सोहर
  • Hindi: सोहार
  • Indonesian: Sohar
  • Italian: Sohar
  • Japanese: スハール
  • Japanese: ソハール
  • Kannada: ಸೋಹರ್
  • Korean: 소하르
  • Latvian: Sohara
  • Lithuanian: Soharas
  • Malay: Sohar
  • Marathi: सोहर
  • Mingrelian: სოჰარი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Suhar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sohar
  • Norwegian: Suhar
  • Ossetian: Сухар
  • Persian: صحار
  • Polish: Suhar
  • Portuguese: Soar
  • Portuguese: Sohar
  • Portuguese: Suhar
  • Russian: Сухар
  • Sinhala: සොහාර්
  • Spanish: Sohar
  • Swedish: Sohar
  • Swedish: Suhar
  • Tajik: Suhor
  • Tajik: Суҳор
  • Tamil: காசாபி
  • Telugu: సోహర్
  • Thai: ศุฮาร
  • Turkish: Sahar
  • Turkish: Suhar
  • Ukrainian: Cухар
  • Ukrainian: Сухар
  • Urdu: صحار
  • Uzbek: Suhor
  • Vietnamese: Sohar
  • Western Panjabi: صحار

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