The Dhofar (Arabic ظفار Ẓufār) region lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen. Its mountainous area covers and has the population of 215,960 as of census 2003. The largest town in the region's Salalah. Historically, it was the chief source of frankincense in the world. However, its frankincense's now mostly used locally. (Somalia's now the leading exporter.) While Arabic speakers from the dominant Omani culture have come to live in the province,… (
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