Sharbithat | |
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: | 17.9375°N 56.2736°W |
Sharbithat (Arabic: شربيتات) is a coastal town in Dhofar, Oman. It is located at around 17.9375°N 56.2736°W, and is located in the wilayat of Sheleem. Sharbithat is situated around 430 km from Salalah, which is in the south of Sultanate of Oman.
Sharbithat is basically a fishing village, having a population of approximately 300 people. Fish caught from Sharbithat is sent to places like Dubai and Salalah, where it is packaged and exported to many countries. Sharbithat has a secondary school and a health center. A new housing colony has recently been built.
The 14-km coastline of Sharbithat is a promising site of excavation for Neolithic sites; the first dig was conducted in January 2017.[1] In 2020, a tooth from a species of Otodus, an extinct genus of shark, dating back 5500 years was found. The tooth was the first of its kind found in Arabia.[2]