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Taqah

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Country
  
Oman

Time zone
  
+4 (UTC+4)

Governorate
  
Dhofar Governorate

Local time
  
Monday 12:54 AM

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Weather
  
25°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 85% Humidity

Taqah (Arabic: طاقة‎‎) is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It is located at about 17°2′14″N 54°24′13″E.

Contents

Map of Taqah, Oman

Places of interest

  • Approx. 2 km after the western entrance to the town there is a mosque named Shaikh Al-Afeef(Arabic: الشيخ العفيف). In its cemetery Mazoon al-Mashani, the mother of Sultan Qaboos, is buried. Under identical marble gravestones an uncle and a grandfather of the Sultans are buried.

    • References

    Taqah Wikipedia
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