Muqschin

Coordinates: 19 ° 32 '  N , 54 ° 38'  E

Muqschin​

Oman

Muqschin ( Arabic مقشن, DMG Muqšin ) is a village and an administrative district ( Wilaya ) in the Dhofar Governorate in south-western Oman .

history

Some very old archaeological finds (housing developments, tools and inscriptions) dating back to the Stone Age have been discovered in the Muqshin County.

Geography / location / traffic connections

The place is located inland in the middle of the Rub al-Chali desert near the well-developed road from Muscat to Salala, which was completed in 1980 . It is 344 km to Salalah.

Demographics

According to official information, the population in the administrative district of Muqschin grew by an average of 5.1% annually between 2003 and 2008, with the CAGR of the proportion of residents increasing by 2.2% and the CAGR of the proportion of foreigners increasing by 10.0%. The numbers in detail:

Wilaya Muqschin	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Total population	1,069	769	677	643	595	577	551	529
including residents	637	403	393	383	375	366	358	353
including foreigners	432	366	284	260	220	211	193	176
Quota of foreigners	40.4%	47.6%	41.9%	40.4%	37.0%	36.6%	35.0%	33.3%

economy

The population in the administrative district of Muqschin live mainly from agriculture (mainly from pasture farming and palm plantations ) and cattle breeding ( dromedaries ). In addition, they produce leather and palm frond products . Although the groundwater is abundant, the natural vegetation is very sparse.

Footnotes

1. ^ Dhofar Governorate ( Memento from June 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ See Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of National Economy : Statistical Year Book, Thirty-Ninth Issue - November 2011, section 2-8, p. 12; Data based on the 2010 census.
3. ↑ See Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of National Economy : Statistical Year Book, Thirty-Seventh Issue - November 2008, section 2-8, p. 63; Update of the census of December 7, 2003 on a mid-year basis.
4. ↑ See Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of National Economy : Statistical Year Book, Thirty-Sixth Issue - October 2008, section 2-2; Update of the census of December 7, 2003 on a mid-year basis.
5. ↑ Governorate of Dhofar ( Memento from May 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )