Duqm
| Duqm الدقم |
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 Duqm
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| Coordinates: 19°39′42″N 57°42′17″E / 19.66167°N 57.70472°E | |
| 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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- ^ Morton, Michael Quentin (May 2006. 1st edition), In the Heart of the Desert (In the Heart of the Desert ed.), Aylesford, Kent, United Kingdom: Green Mountain Press (UK), ISBN 9780955221200, 095522120X, http://www.greenmountainpress.co.uk/in_the_heart_of_the_desert_morton.html
- ^ "Study and Design of Al Duqm Airport". Parsons. December 4, 2008. http://www.parsonsoman.com/Projects/ProjectoftheYear/AlDuqumAirport/tabid/80/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Intercontinental Hotels to Build Hotel in Duqm". http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/intercontinental-hotels-to-build-hotel-in-duqm/1941319.article.
Coordinates: 19°39′42″N 57°42′17″E / 19.66167°N 57.70472°E
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