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Place details
- Locality
- صور
- Region
- محافظة جنوب الشرقية
- Country
- عمان
- Population
- 71,152
- Timezone
- Asia/Muscat
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Key facts
- Country
- Oman
- Region
- Ash Sharqiyah Region
- Governorate
- Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
- Elevation
- 13.1 ft (4.0 m)
- Total
- 122,533
- Time zone
- UTC+4 (+4)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Oman
- Country
- Oman
- Located in
- Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
- Population
- +120000
- Capital of
- Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
- Image
- Sur, Oman (37122856555).jpg
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- P1889
- SUR
Article
Purple - Portuguese in Persian Gulf in the 16th and 17th centuries. Main cities, ports and routes.Sur (Arabic: صُوْر, romanized: Ṣūr) is the capital city of Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, and the former capital of Ash Sharqiyah Region in northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located about 203 km (126 miles) southeast of the Omani capital Muscat. Historically, the city has been an important port connecting the Gulf and the Indian subcontinent via the Arabian Sea since as early as 16th century.
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