Ancient City of Qalhat
World Heritage
Oman
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Located on the east coast of the Sultanate of Oman, the site includes the ancient city of Qalhat, surrounded by inner and outer walls, and the cemeteries outside the walls. The city developed into a major port on the east coast of Arabia during the reign of Prince Hormuz from the 11th to the 15th century AD. The ancient city provides unique archaeological evidence of trade links between the east coast of Arabia, East Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia.
# Sultanate of Oman
# Inner and outer walls
# cemetery
# Prince of Hormuz
# Major ports
# Trade Contact
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Information extracted from Wikidata
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bibi%20Maryam%20mausoleum.jpg |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | Sur |
| executive body | Qalhat |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/05mzr9b |
| Commons category | Qalhat |
| coordinate location | Point(59.369896 22.699996) |
| page banner | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Qalhat%20banner.jpg |
| area | 75.82 |
| World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (ii) |
| directions | 20 km a nord di Sur |
| start time | 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name | مدينة قلهات التاريخية |
| official name | Ancient City of Qalhat |
| official name | Ciudadela antigua de Qalhât |
| official name | Cité ancienne de Qalhât |
| official name | Древний город Калхат |
| official name | 卡尔哈特古城 |
| volume as quantity | World Heritage selection criterion (ii) |
| area | 170.09 |
| applies to part | buffer zone |