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Can anybody give me some tips about Muscat (Musqat), Oman? |
Travel Info I'm going to be there for a few days this month. Travel Tips Muscat is the capital and largest city in the Sultanate of Oman. It is the largest city in the mintaqah (governorate) of Muscat. The greater metropolitan area of Muscat, known locally as the 'Capital Area', currently covers an area of approximately 1500 km虏. Since Oman's 'Renaissance' of modernization began in 1970 (see below), Muscat has seen an explosion of infrastructure development and urbanization, and, as has been the case in so many other cities worldwide, towns which were once distinct have been subsumed within the sprawling growth of the city's expanding metropolitan area. Pockets of dense residential and commercial districts are interspersed with undeveloped land. The major centers of development can be split into three main groups: In general, Muscat presents a relatively homogeneous appearance of low (rarely more than five story), generally white buildings, with residential, government, and commercial architecture frequently recalling, at least by allusion, historic regional styles. For a city at the edge of the Arabian peninsula and in Oman's sometimes fierce climate, Muscat is remarkably green, with tree-lined main streets linking the various districts, several sizable public parks, and grass, shrubs, and flowers decorating many traffic circles and other public areas. Wish you a pleasant stay in Muscat. |
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