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About this location:  Taqah is 30 kilometres from Salalah on the coast and is the third largest town in Dhofar.  (Salalah is largest followed by Thumrayt.)  In town you will find tarmac roads which help you get around to visit the small forts and Taqah Castle.  

Taqah is an old town with an interesting fort and some typical old Dhofari houses.  The burial site of Her Majesty, the mother of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, is located in Taqah.  On the beach you will still be able to find old boats held together by coconut fibers instead of nails.

Taqah is famous for sardines, which are sun dried and used as cattle fodder and fertilizers.  Many of Taqah's inhabitants are traditionally fishermen.

Nearby Taqah is a limestone quarry which provides many of the building blocks used in the construction of homes and other buildings.  It is a limestone quarry and the blocks are white in color.  Perhaps this explains the view of Taqah from up high.  Next to Taqah is a mountain and a spectacular view from the top reveals a town that goes as far as the eye can see and it has a wonderful white glow, almost as if covered by a thin blanket of snow.