Dibba Al-Baya

Dibbā Al-Bayʿah (Arabic: دِبَّا ٱلْبَيْعَة) is geographically part of the Dibba region that faces the Arabian Sea, and is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the south. It is a Wilayat in the Muhafazah of Musandam, Sultanate of Oman, on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula.It is considered one of the most famous Omani cities known in the pre-Islamic days because it contains Dibba market, which is one of the most famous Arab markets that was known at that time, as merchants from different countries around the world such as India, Sindh and China used to come to it, and some historians, such as Al-Asmai, attribute this name to the locusts Creeping to express the large number of people in it, and the area of that city is approximately 37 km2.

Dibba Al-Bay'ah
دِبَّا ٱلْبَيْعَة
Dibba Al-Bay'ah
Location in Oman
Coordinates: 25.64°N 56.266667°E / 25.64; 56.266667
Country Oman
GovernorateMusandam
WilayatDibba Al-Bay'ah
Area
  Land491 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-07-01)
  Total9,873
 estimate
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