Seeb

23.65111111111158.208333333333Koordinaten: 23 ° 39 '4 " N, 58 ° 12' 30" E

Sib (sometimes also in line with the English transcription Zeeb, Arabic السيب, DMG as- Sīb ). 's A district of Muscat and a wilaya of the same name province, it is located on the western edge of town about 30 km west of the old Sib 2010 had about 313,000 inhabitants, making it the largest wilaya of the government. 1920, the Treaty of Sib between the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur bin Faisal ( 1886-1965 ) and the Imamate of Oman was closed in Sib. It secured the Omanis to against the British autonomy. Oman was a British protectorate at that time.

As part of the modernization policies of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, which began in 1970, was from a fishing village on the Gulf of Oman, a large settlement with a lively market, industrial areas and the Muscat International Airport, which was still called Seeb International Airport until January 2008. About this the majority of the Omani air traffic is handled.

Amrat | Bawschar | Muscat | Muttrah | Quryat | Sib