Duqm

Duqm
Duqm
الدقم
Duqm
Duqm is located in Oman
Duqm
Location in Oman
Coordinates: 19°39′42″N 57°42′17″E / 19.66167°N 57.70472°E / 19.66167; 57.70472
Country  Oman
Region Al Wusta Region (Oman)
Wilayat Duqm

Duqm (Arabic: الدقم‎) is a port town on the Arabian Sea, in central-eastern Oman.

Duqm was a small fishing settlement of the Janubah tribe on the coast of southern Oman where a party of soldiers of the Muscat and Oman Field Force and geologists of Petroleum Development Oman was landed in February 1954 to begin the modern oil exploration of central Oman.[1] Today it is an industrial oil town with a notable port, and the town has been looking to increase tourism in the area with the Oman Tourism Development Company. The port has undergone development and a shipbuilding facility to facilitate the port was built. In March 2005, Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications awarded the Parsons Corporation a contract to study and design a new Al Duqm Airport in hopes of increasing tourism.[2] In 2008, Intercontinental Hotels announced they were to build a 228 room hotel in Duqm.[3]

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Coordinates: 19°39′42″N 57°42′17″E / 19.66167°N 57.70472°E / 19.66167; 57.70472



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