Al Ḩāffah Ḩāfa | |
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Village | |
  Al Ḩāffah Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates:17°00′03″N54°06′12″E / 17.00083°N 54.10333°E /17.00083; 54.10333 | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Governorate | Dhofar Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time) |
Al Ḩāffah or simplyḨāfa is a coastal village inDhofar Governorate, in southwesternOman.[1] It lies just south ofSalalah.
In 1908,J. G. Lorimer recorded Al Haffah in hisGazetteer of the Persian Gulf, noting its location as being about 2 miles east ofSalalah on the coast, along which it extends quarter of a mile. He wrote:
Village of 150 houses of stone and mud; some however are uninhabited. About 25 families are low caste fishermen; the rest are Al Kathir Arabs of the Shanafirah section. There are a few coconut gardens. There are no manufactures.[2]
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