Sohar

Sohar is a city 100 km north of Muscat. It is the home city of Sindbad the sailor and is located near the Sawadi Island diving paradise.

The coastal city of Sohar was once an important Islamic port and the largest town in the country. Nowadays, Sohar has a new port under construction, being built at a cost of RO120million. The city is renowned for its copper deposits, and archaeological evidence points to copper extraction being carried out 5000 years ago. There are still three copper mines in operation in Sohar with over 18 million tons of copper deposits.