Qurum

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Qurum

| settlement_type = Suburb of Muscat

| image_skyline = View from Al Qurum Heights Rd (8725226365).jpg

| image_caption = View from Al Qurum Heights Road

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| nickname =

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| pushpin_map = Oman

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Oman

| coordinates = {{coord|23|37|00|N|58|29|41|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Oman

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Muscat Governorate

| subdivision_type2 = Wilayat

| subdivision_name2 = Muttrah

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Qurum ({{Langx|ar|القرم|al-Qurum}}; also written Qurm) is an upscale suburb{{cite book |title=The Report: Oman 2010 |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-907065-13-2 |pages=206 |publisher=Oxford Business Group}} of Muscat in Oman.{{cite book |title=The Report: Oman 2007 |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-902339-62-7 |pages=114 |publisher=Oxford Business Group}}

Its main attractions are the Qurum Natural Park, the Qurum City Centre and the Qurum Beach.{{fact|date=May 2017}}

Qurm Nature Reserve

Qurum is the site of Qurm Nature Reserve, a national nature reserve protecting a coastal wetland surrounding a forest of grey mangroves.{{Cite web |title=Nature Reserves |website=Sultanate of Oman Environment Authority |url=https://www.ea.gov.om/en/knowledge-center/nature-reserves/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428194538/https://www.ea.gov.om/en/knowledge-center/nature-reserves/ |url-status=live }} The reserve was declared in 1975 by a decree of Sultan Qaboos bin Said,{{Cite journal |title=Carbon Sink Potential of Avicennia marina in the Al-Qurm Nature Reserve, Muscat, Oman |first1=Abdullah |last1=Al-Nadabi |first2=Hameed |last2=Sulaiman |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |volume=151 |page=012003 |year=2018 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/151/1/012003|doi-access=free }} and it became Oman's first Ramsar site in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Qurm Nature Reserve |website=Ramsar Sites Information Service |url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2144 |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419163329/https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2144 |url-status=live }}

Economy

The $600 million Muriya{{cite web |title=City Walk Muscat |url=http://www.muriya.om/CityWalkMuscat.aspx |publisher=Muriya |access-date=22 December 2010 |year=2010 |archive-date=30 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830213157/http://www.muriya.om/CityWalkMuscat.aspx |url-status=live }} and $129 million Al Kuwair retail developments are located in Qurum.

Qurum City Centre

Majid Al Futtaim opened Qurum City Centre (QCC) – located in the Qurum district of Muscat – in October 2008. QCC includes 75 shops with a total gross leasable area of 20,600 square metres and parking for around 1,200 cars. Both malls are anchored by Carrefour, the French hypermarket. The footfall at MCC in 2007 totalled 8m, up 5% over 2006, according to MCC's marketing manager, Ahmed Hamdy.{{fact|date=May 2017}} The property's general manager, Ibrahim Al Qasmi, said that he was looking to increase footfall at the MCC to 10m in 2008.{{cite book |title=The Report: Oman 2009 |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-902339-207 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |pages=231}}

Marah Land

Marah Land is a tourist attraction and is a destination for school trips.{{fact|date=May 2017}} Children entering the premises are expected to be joyful or go home. Marah Land hosts the popular annual cancer walk where school children learn about helping society and making a difference, as well as, raising awareness of global issues.

References

External links

{{commonscat inline|Al Qurm}}
[http://www.meca.gov.om/en/files/OpenData/Air%20Quality%20data%20%20%28C%29.xlsx Quality of Ambient Air in Qurum - MECA Open Data]

Category:Suburbs of Muscat, Oman