Nafun

Nafun نفون Nafūn, Nafoon
Village
Nafun Location in Oman
Coordinates: 19°48′52″N 57°43′14″E
Country	Oman
Governorate	Al Wusta Governorate
Province	Ad Duqm
Population  (1-1-2024)
• Total	172
Time zone	UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time)

Nafun (Arabic: نفون, romanized: Nafūn) is a village just north of Duqm and located in the Duqm wilayat, in the Al Wusta Governorate of Oman, bordering the coast of the Arabian Sea.[1] In 2024, it had a population of 172.[2] While working in an archaeological site in Nafun, the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences dug up a neolithic era mass grave, which led to many more discoveries in the area.[3]

References

1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 24 Dec 2024.
2. "eCensus Portal". ecensus.gov.om. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
3. "Ministry finds pottery, shells, and more at archaeological site". The Arabian Stories. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.