| Khasur | |
|---|---|
| Hamlet | |
  Khasur Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 17°06′N54°23′E / 17.100°N 54.383°E Coordinates: 17°06′N54°23′E / 17.100°N 54.383°E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Dhofar Governorate |
| Time zone | Oman Standard Time (UTC+4) |
Khasur is a hamlet on the northeastern outskirts of Taqah in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman. [1]
A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.
Taqah is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It is located at about 17°2′14″N54°24′13″E.
The Dhofar Governorate is the largest of the eleven Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah Governorate. It is a rather mountainous area that covers 99,300 km2 (38,300 sq mi) and has a population of 249,729 as of the 2010 census. The largest city, as well as capital of the Governorate, is Salalah. Historically, the region was the chief source of frankincense in the world. The local variety of Arabic is Dhofari Arabic, which is quite distinct from that of the rest of Oman and from Yemen.
