Local time
Thu, 11:23 AM GMT+4Asia/MuscatCityCapital
Muscat
23.61° N, 58.59° E
- Population
- 734,697
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 7
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 7 cities of Oman in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Oman, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 69 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 3,500 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Muscat Governorate
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Asia/Muscat
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Muscat, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Muscat have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name derives from the Arabic name "Masqat," which is said to mean "hidden." It refers to the range of hills that isolate the port city from the rest of the country.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
Connections
Sister cities
- Afyonkarahisar
- Amman
- Portsmouth
- Tunis
- and 1 more
