Raysut | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Oman |
Pushpin Label Position: | below |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Oman |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Oman |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhofar Governorate |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | +4 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 16.9342°N 53.9925°W |
Raysut (Arabic: ريسوت|Raysūt) is a port town in southwestern Oman.[1] It is located in the Dhofar Governorate.
In 1908, J.G. Lorimer recorded Rakhyut in his Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, noting its location as being at the western extremity of Dhofar proper. He wrote: