Bawshar
Bawshar is one of the provinces of Muscat, in northeastern Oman. The province borders wilayat Muttrah in the east and wilayat Seeb in the west, it overlooks the Sea of Oman to the north. It contains several archaeological sites and the Qurm Nature Reserve Ramsar site.
According to the 2010 National Census, the population of wilayat Bawshar was 192,235 spread over its 43 villages and towns. The most noteworthy of these are Al Khuwair, Sultan Qaboos City, Al Ghubra, Al Adheeba, Ghala, Al Sarooj, Bowsher Al Qadima, Al Ansab Sanab, Al Hamam, Al Awabi, and Al Misfah. One of the biggest supermarkets of Oman resides here which is Lulu Hypermarket. which is now merged with the Grand Mall Muscat.
Schools in Bawshar include:
- The International School of Oman
- The Panorama Mall
- Avenues Mall
- The Mall of Oman which has opened in September 2021 and is currently the largest Mall in Oman.
Landmarks
Another Landmark is Oil and Gas museum, which was opened in 1995, and it displayed the history of Oil and Gas extraction methods and the refinery that comes later through the history and how Oman has developed its methods of extraction and refinery.
Also there is Children's Museum, which is a futuristic museum for the modern scientific innovations and interesting discoveries and mechanisms, oversimplified for kids to understand them and take interest for them, Children's museum is an essential destination for school excursions where many kids start taking interest in science and get motivated to innovate and make a change in the country.