Sohar (صحار in Arabic) is located in the Al-Batinah province of the Sultanate of Oman, 240 kilometers north-west of the capital Muscat. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Several things are known as Muscat: Muscat is the capital of, and was formerly the name of the Sultanate of, Oman. ...

Sohar was an ancient capital of Oman. Many believe Sohar to be the birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor. Sohar is traditionally a fishing town and has a fish souk. Sindbad the Sailor (also spelled Sinbad) is the name of a legendary sailor who has numerous fantastic adventures during his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia. ... A souk (سوق, also sook, souq, or suq) is a commercial quarter in an Arab city. ...

The town is close to ancient copper mines and Jebel Akhtar (the Green Mountain), the tallest mountain in Oman. It is also fairly close to the fort-towns of Ibri, Nakhl, Rustaq and Nizwa. The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... Nizwa (نزوى in Arabic) was the capital city of Oman proper. ...

The Sohar Industrial Port Comany (SIPC) operates the Sohar port, which was established in 2002 and is located east of the Strait of Hormuz. The Port of Sohar is not a free trade zone, unlike the Jebel ali free zone in the United Arab Emirates, located about 250 kilometers north-west of Sohar. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Strait of Hormuz (تنگه هرمز in Persian) is a relatively narrow stretch of ocean between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

See also

Oman Muscat Jebel Ali Dubai Several things are known as Muscat: Muscat is the capital of, and was formerly the name of the Sultanate of, Oman. ... Jebel Ali (ﻲﻟﻋ  ﻞﺑﺠ in Arabic) is a port town, located 35 kilometers southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. ... The Burj_al-Arab Hotel Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ) refers to either One of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or That emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ...