Khasab
Sign in to savealt=|thumb|280x280px|Purple - Portuguese Empire|Portuguese in the Persian Gulf in the 16th and 17th century. Main cities, ports and routes. Khasab () is a town and capital of the Musandam Governorate which is an exclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates at the tip of the Musandam Peninsula by the Strait of Hormuz. It has been dubbed the "Norway of Arabia" because of its extensive fjord-like craggy inlets and desolate mountainscapes.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khasab
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Khasab (26467361548).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Khasab
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Oman#Persian Gulf
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Oman
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Musandam Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 21,651
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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alt=|thumb|280x280px|Purple - Portuguese Empire|Portuguese in the Persian Gulf in the 16th and 17th century. Main cities, ports and routes. Khasab () is a town and capital of the Musandam Governorate which is an exclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates at the tip of the Musandam Peninsula by the Strait of Hormuz. It has been dubbed the "Norway of Arabia" because of its extensive fjord-like craggy inlets and desolate mountainscapes.
The town is surrounded by the northern mountains of the Western Hajar Range. Khasab has a fully functional hospital and several hotels, beaches and parks across the city. The city's population is dominated by ethnic Omanis from the mainland. Khasab also has a fort which is known as Khasab Fort. The sea port is dominated by the dhows which take tourists for a cruise across the natural, dry "fjords".