Wadi Bani Chalid
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 35 '56 " N , 59 ° 4' 57" E | ||
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| Country | Oman | ||
| Shamal ash-Sharqiyya | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | OM-SS | ||
| height | 605 m | ||
| surface | 0.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 617 (12/12/2010) | ||
| density | 698.8 Ew. / km² | ||
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Wadi Bani Chalid (also Wadi Bani Khalid , Arabic وادي بني خالد, DMG Wādī Banī Ḫālid ) is a village with a little less than 1000 inhabitants in the Sultanate of Oman . Wadi Bani Chalid is located in the eastern Hajar Mountains . Wadi Bani Chalid can only be reached from Route 23 via a winding mountain road. Wadi Bani Chalid is administratively also a Wilaya of the Shamal al-Sharqiyya governorate . The administrative district has a size of 874 km² and a population of 9,486 people.
The place and the administrative district are known for the Wadi Bani Khalid of the same name . The river has its source at 1700 meters in the Hajar Mountains and flows about 160 kilometers through mountainous canyon landscapes to the Gulf of Oman .
literature
- Kirstin Kabasci, Peter Franzisky: Oman. Travel Guide. 9th edition, 2015. ISBN 978-3-8317-2543-4 .
- Henning Neuschäffer: Oman & United Arab Emirates. Polyglot "Apa Guide", 2012. ISBN 978-3-86459-038-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate (Oman): Districts & Localities - Population Statistics, Charts and Map at citypopulation.de, accessed on June 7, 2018