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Dibba Al-Baya coastline. As it has plains and blue waters rich in coral reefs, dolphins, and other marine life, the city of Dibba is known for its diversity of varied terrains. There are also mountains and sizable bays, such Khor Al-Mim, Khor Zghi, and Khor Khafah, which makes the city attractive to tourists, who frequent it in huge numbers.
There have been land disputes between Dibba Al-Hisn and Dibba Al-Baya, which were resolved in the 1990s. Dibba Al-Hisn is believed to be the site where the Portuguese built a fort and a wall around the city during the Iberian Union. [19] Dibba Al-Baya is the most northerly of the three "Dibbas" and acts as a gateway to the Musandam Peninsula.
The popular Wadi Bih 72 km (45 miles) ultramarathon takes place each year on the Musandam Peninsula in Oman on the first weekend of February. [4] The 72-km solo event is an out and back course, starting at Dibba and climbing 36km into mountainous terrain before the turnaround, taking some five hours to complete. [5]
Dibba Airport (IATA: BYB) is an airport serving Dibba Al-Baya, a city in the Musandam Governorate of Oman. Dibba is a harbor city on the Gulf of Oman, and is divided between Oman and United Arab Emirates. The airport is 3 kilometres (2 mi) inland from the Gulf. There is mountainous terrain southwest through north, and distant hills southeast.
It runs from the village of Tayyibah to join the Seih Dibba or Dibba Plain, where it fans out into the plain. Prior to 1960, Wadi Tayyibah provided the main route from Masafi to Dibba and sections of tarmac are still visible, particularly on the lower reaches of the wadi as it approaches the village of Al Hala.
Wadi Abadilah is a wadi in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, which runs North East towards the coast at Dibba. [2] At Masafi , it forms a confluence with the Wadi Ham , which runs South East towards Fujairah City .
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Dibba Al-Fujairah Oc R 2.5s. 13 metres (43 ft) 28556 ...
The Musandam Governorate (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة مُسَنْدَم, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Musandam) is a governorate of Oman.With the exception of the exclave of Madha, [1] it is located on the Musandam Peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula.