Sib (Oman)
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 39 ′ N , 58 ° 12 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Oman | ||
| Governorate | Muscat | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | OM | ||
.jpg) Coast of Sib
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Sib (sometimes based on the English transcription Seeb ; Arabic السيب, DMG as-Sīb ) is a place and a wilaya in the Muscat Governorate , around 30 kilometers west of the capital of the same name . Sib had about 313,000 inhabitants in 2010, making it the largest wilāyā in the governorate.
In 1920 the Sib Treaty between the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur ibn Faisal (1886–1965), and the Imamate of Oman was concluded. It guaranteed the Omanis autonomy vis-à-vis the British. Oman was a British protectorate at the time .
As part of the modernization policy of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said , which began in 1970, was from a fishing village on the Gulf of Oman a large settlement in the Muscat Capital Area with a lively market, industrial areas and the Muscat International Airport , which until January 2008 even Seeb International Airport was . Most of Omani air traffic is handled through this.
Sib is the landing point of various international telecommunications submarine cables such as FALCON , MENA Cable System / Gulf Bridge International Cable System and Transworld (TW1) .
In June 2014 it was revealed that a listening station for submarine cables with the code name “Guitar” is operated by the British secret service GCHQ .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Husain M. Al-Baharna. The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States: A Study of Their Treaty Relations and International Problems . Manchester University Press, 1968. ISBN 0719003326
- ↑ Contribution to airport management
- ↑ landing point Al Seeb, Oman submarinecablemap by Telegeography.com
- ^ Gulf Bridge International Cable System (GBICS) Greg's cablemap
- ^ Transworld (TWA-1) Greg's cablemap
- ↑ Duncan Campbell: Revealed: GCHQ's beyond top secret middle eastern internet spy base . The Register . June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.