Salalah

(صلالة in), is the captal and seat of the gover or Wali of the southern omani province of Dofar. The population of Salalah is 178,469 as of 2005 . Salalah is located .Salalah is the second largest town in the and a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the . The Sultan traditionally lives in Salalah rather than in, the capital and largest city in Oman; has bucked this trend, however, and he has lived in Muscat since he ascended to the throne in 1970. He does however visit Salalah fairly regularly to meet with influential tribal and local leaders; his last visit was in 2006 and before that he visited in 2002.