Mina Qaboos

Mina Qaboos

Mina Qaboos (also referred to as Port Qaboos) is the largest port in Muscat, Oman. Developed initially as a part of a plan for a "Greater Muttrah" by the Qaboos bin Said al Said's prececessor (Said bin Taimur), Mina Qaboos' construction was completed in the 1970s.[1]

References

  1. ^ OMAN: THREE AND A HALF DECADES OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT. Peterson, JE.



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