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===Dhofar Governorate=== {{main|Dhofar}} Dhofar region extends from Ras ash-Sharbatat to the border of Yemen and north to the clearly defined border with Saudi Arabia. Its capital, [[Salalah]], was the permanent residence of Sultan [[Said Bin Taimur of Muscat|Said ibn Taimur Al Said]] and the birthplace of the present sultan, [[Qaboos ibn Said]]. The highest peak of the [[Dhofar Mountains]], [[Jabal Samhan]], is about {{convert|2000|m|mile|abbr=off}}.<ref name="OmanTourismSamhan">{{cite web |publisher=Ministry of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman |title=Samhan Mountain |url=http://www.omantourism.gov.om/wps/portal/mot/tourism/oman/details/!ut/p/a1/ldHLUoMwFAbgZ3HBNjkkEII7bgIFpE5kWrNxqCLNKJcBtK8v7biqWvTsMvP9kzn_wRJvsWzLD1WXk-ra8u34luzRTqxAEGCQp64FsSgiXYQuDVdsBg8z8EInMqwUANzEgzgJ7pJ7mung6P_NG5xA7LuRb9kZQMz-lodfxoGl_AbLE2G3N-k68HXIuT7_K3jGhPAoEFgABlkAufkFLpV0Br63cAIX1lxhqXYNOjw1CBAhJmfUoibY3AYg9FiT0-4or7EcqpdqqAb0Pszn3U9TP15roEHVooN6VX31rErUDbUGP4X23Tjh7bnFfVMUW1CxWjcbPjpXn7hhG68!/dl5/d5/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SmlFL1o2XzlLN0VTMjA2ME81NzEwSVNQUTBLRUwxR1A3/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/mot_english_lib/mot/experience/nature/mountains/jabal+samhan |access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref> The coast of Dhofar is fertile, being watered by monsoonal fogs from the Indian Ocean and is part of the [[Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert]] [[ecoregion]]. Al Dharerah region consists of three parts: Dhank, [[Ibri]] and Yanqul.{{cn|date=December 2018}}
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