Salalah is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar.
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15 Facts About Salalah
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Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city in the Dhofar Province.
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Salalah is the birthplace of the former sultan, Qaboos bin Said.
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Salalah was the traditional capital of Dhofar, which reached the peak of prosperity in the 13th century thanks to the incense trade.
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Between 1932 and 1970, Salalah was the residence of Said bin Taimur, the Sultan of Sultanate of Oman Sultan Qaboos acceded to his father's throne in 1970, and decided to move his capital to Muscat, the largest city in Oman, where he lived until he quietly left for treatment in Germany.
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Salalah's absence was much regretted in Salalah, where his palace was always kept ready to receive him.
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Moller-Maersk Group of Denmark, manages the Port of Salalah; one of the largest ports on the Arabian Peninsula which is an important transshipment hub for container shipping in the area.
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The Port of Salalah is one of the most vital ports on the peninsula connecting together Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
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Salalah is known as the home of some of the best football clubs in Oman.
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In total, Salalah has four sport clubs based in the city: Salalah Club, Al-Ittihad, Al-Nasr, and Dhofar.
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Salalah is home to a private university, Dhofar University which is one of the largest in the region.
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Indian School Salalah is an Indian-run, self-financing, co-educational institution, primarily established to meet the academic needs of children of Indian expatriates working in Salalah.
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The Indian School Salalah is the largest English-medium school in Salalah and it admits children of other nationalities.
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Pakistan School Salalah is a Pakistani co-educational high school which was established in the year 1982.
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Port of Salalah is one of the deepwater ports in Oman and eleventh-busiest transshipment port in the world, second-busiest port in the Middle East, which is located at Port Raysut.
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