Duqm
Duqm (Arabic: ٱلدُّقْم, romanized: Ad-Duqm) is a port town on the Arabian Sea in central-eastern Oman. As of 2010, the population was 11,200.[1]
Duqm
ٱلدُّقْم (in Arabic) | |
|---|---|
  Duqm Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 19°39′42″N 57°42′17″E | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Region | Al Wusta |
| Wilayat | Duqm |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC+04:00) |
History
Duqm was a small fishing settlement of the Janubah tribe on the coast of southern Oman,[1] when a party of soldiers of the Muscat and Oman Field Force and geologists of Petroleum Development Oman landed in February 1954 to begin the modern oil exploration of central Oman.[2][3] Today it is an industrial oil town.
Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD)
Duqm Fishing Port, located in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), is the largest multi-purpose fishing port in the Sultanate of Oman, which lay out in an area of (600 hectares) and a depth of (10 m).[4] Construction was completed in 2021.[5] The main breakwater is 2.2 km long, the secondary breakwater is 1.1 km long and the total lengths of the Jetties are around 1.2 km long.
Duqm refinery, also located in SEZAD and occupying 900 hectares, is a large oil refinery under construction and expected to be completed in 2023.[6]
Transportation
Duqm Airport was opened in 2014 and services flights to the nation's capital Muscat. Duqm is also connected with road services. Mwasalat bus connects Muscat - Duqm - Salalah.
Climate
| Climate data for Duqm | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.2 (97.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.7 (89.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
7 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
4 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
36 (1.4) |
| Source: Climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
Weather is pleasant throughout the year. However, dust storm or high wind (~50km/hr) observed from May to August.
References
- The Report. Oxford Business Group. 2013. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-907065-72-9.
- The Journal of Oman Studies. Ministry of National Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman. 1983. pp. 152–7.
- Morton, Michael Quentin (2007), In the Heart of the Desert (In the Heart of the Desert ed.), Aylesford, Kent, United Kingdom: Green Mountain Press (UK) (published May 2006), ISBN 978-0-9552212-0-0, 095522120X, archived from the original on 2018-06-03, retrieved 2011-06-27
- "Duqm Fishing Port". The Special Economic Zone at Duqm. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Construction of Oman's largest fishing port completed in Duqm". Muscat Daily. 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- "Kuwait Petroleum International expects Oman's Duqm refinery to start by end 2023". Reuters. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-12-10.