Bilad Sayt
بلاد سيت
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Village
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The village of Bilad Sayt
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  Bilad Sayt Location of Bilad Sayt in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 23°11′24.9″N 57°23′16.5″E / 23.190250°N 57.387917°E / 23.190250; 57.387917 | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Governorate | Ad Dakhiliyah |
| Wilayah | Bahla |
| Population
(2020)
| 3,567[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GST) |
Bilad Sayt (Arabic: بلاد سيت, romanized: blād syt) is a mountain village in the wilayahofBahlainOman.
The village is located on the NE slope of the Al Hajar Mountains near the highest peak in the Sultanate of Oman, Jebel Shams. Bilad Sayt can be reached through Wadi Al Sahtan and Wadi Bani Awf from NE or via Al Hamra from the SW and is only accessible by 4-wheel-drive vehicles.[2][original research?] Its clustered mud-and-stone houses and terraced fields make it a tourist attraction.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2003 | 2,404 | — |
| 2010 | 2,484 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 3,567 | +43.6% |
As of 2020, the village counted 3 567 inhabitants. Of these, 3 255 were Omani nationals and 312 foreign residents (8.7%).[1]
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