Al Ḩāffah | |
Other Name: | Ḩāfa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Oman |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Oman |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Oman |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhofar Governorate |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Timezone: | Oman Standard Time |
Coordinates: | 17.0008°N 54.1033°W |
Al Ḩāffah or simply Ḩāfa is a coastal village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman.[1] It lies just south of Salalah.
In 1908, J. G. Lorimer recorded Al Haffah in his Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, noting its location as being about 2 miles east of Salalah on the coast, along which it extends quarter of a mile. He wrote: