Muscat (omn)

Muscat

Muscat ranks 1,379th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tokushima Prefecture, Santa Marta, and Pitești. Memorable people born in Muscat include Haitham bin Tariq, Said bin Taimur, and Taimur bin Feisal. Memorable people who died in Muscat include Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Avicii, and Turki bin Said. Muscat has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Muscat is located in Oman.

Muscat is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. The metropolitan area includes six provinces, called wilayats, and spans approximately 3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi), making it the largest city by area on the Arabian Peninsula. Known since the early 1st century AD as an leading port for trade between the west and the east, Muscat was ruled successively by various indigenous tribes, as well as by foreign powers such as the Persians, the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In the 18th century, Muscat was a regional military power: its influence extended as far as East Africa and Zanzibar. As an important port town in the Gulf of Oman, Muscat attracted foreign traders and settlers such as the Persians, the Balochs and the Sindhis. Beginning in 1970, after the accession of Qaboos bin Said as the Sultan of Oman, Muscat experienced rapid infrastructural development; it developed a vibrant economy and became a multi-ethnic society. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network classifies Muscat as a Beta-level Global City. Read more on Wikipedia