Al Haffah
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Al Ḩāffah or simply Ḩāfa is a coastal village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Geonames database entry. ([http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ search]) Accessed 2011-05-12. It lies just south of Salalah.
History
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:
{{quote|Village of 150 houses of stone and mud; some however are uninhabited. About 25 families are low caste fishermen; the rest are Al Kathir Arabs of the Shanafirah section. There are a few coconut gardens. There are no manufactures.{{cite web|url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909213.0x0000af|title='Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [543] (574/1050)|publisher=Qatar Digital Library|accessdate=26 November 2019}} This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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