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Sur / صور‎ (Oman / سلطنة عمان)

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شهرستان صور (به عربی: ولایة صور ) یکی از شهرستانهای منطقه شرقی در کشور پادشاهی عمان است. شهرستان صور یکی از قدیمی بندرگاه سلطنت عمان است. در این شهرستان قلعه بزرگی وجود دارد که در دوران گذشته مقر حاکم منطقه بوده‌است. بابوجود اینکه سالها از تاریخ بنای این دژ می‌گذرد پا برجا مانده‌است، این قلعه یکی از قلعه‌های مهم شهرستان صور است باضافه چهار قلعه دیگر که دراین شهرستان وجود دارند. در دوران گذشته نگهبانانی در این قلعه‌ها پاسبانی می‌داده‌اند مخصوصاً در شبها نگهبانان در ابراج این قلعه‌ها مستقر می‌شده‌اند واز شهر در برابر دزدان وشورشگران پاس می‌داده‌اند.

(EN) Sur (Arabic: صور‎) is a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region, northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located at around 22°34′0″N 59°31′44″E, and is 93 miles (150 km) southeast of the Omani capital Muscat.
By the 6th century, Sur was an established centre for trade with East Africa. In the 16th century, it was under Portuguese rule but was liberated by the Omani imam Nasir ibn Murshid and underwent an economic revival, as a trade centre with India and East Africa. This continued until the mid-19th century, when the British outlawed the slave trade. The city was further ruined by the opening of the Suez Canal, which saw it lose trade with India.
Today the city has retained its reputation as a major dhow-building town, the very same vessels that were used for trade two centuries previously.
The main college in Sur is the Sur College of Applied Sciences. The college has over 4000 students and offers degrees in Business, Communication, Information Technology and Design. It is considered one of the better institutions of higher learning in Oman.
One of the famous cities in the Gulf of Oman in building wooden ships, its historical location gives it the hand to monitor the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean. Many ships been built in this city and went to China, India, Zanzibar, Iraq and many many countries.
Sur was battered badly by Cyclone Gonu in June, 2007.

Circuit NF "Oman, la communion du désert et de l'océan"

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  • A maazing work........ I like it so much

  • Excellent video.

  • Hey, I think someone ripped one off at 2:02..EWW

  • great shipwrights huh?

  • Keep shooting.

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