Information About Samail

Samail is a city located in Al-Dakhaliah province. It is a large city surrounded by mountains, this series of mountains are known as the Al-Hajar Mountains. Samail has a total of 55 villages and it is about 60 KM away from Muscat. According to the Omani census in 2010, there are approximately 60,000 people living in Samail. Samail is considered as one of the biggest cities in Oman and that played a central role historically to make Samail among the important cities in Oman’s history alongside with Muscat, Sohar, Sur, Nizwa and Salalah. It was the first city in Oman that has embraced Islam. Samail has more 115 small-to-medium sized castles and one huge main fort known as “Samail Fort”. There are also AlShahba Fort and Bait AlSaroug. Besides, that there are over 300 masjids and the most important masjid to talk about is “Masjid Bin Ghoduoba” as it is one of the most ancient masjids in the Islamic history. Samail also has more than 200 Falajs and Falaj AlSamdi is the longest falaj in Oman and Middle East. A falaj is an old irrigation system, very popular in Oman. Furthermore, Samail has the longest valley (wadi) in Oman which is “Wadi Samail”.