Raysut ( ar, ريسوت, Raysūt) is a port town in southwestern

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

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Accessed 12 May 2011. It is located in the

Dhofar Governorate The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates of Oman, Governorates in the Oman, Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern borde ...

History

In 1908, J.G. Lorimer recorded Rakhyut in his ''

Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia'' (nicknamed ''Lorimer'') is a two-volume encyclopedia compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The ''Gazetteer'' was published in secret by the British government in India in 1908 and 1915 an ...

'', noting its location as being at the western extremity of Dhofar proper. He wrote:

Climate

References

Populated places in the Dhofar Governorate {{Oman-geo-stub