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Coordinates: 21°N 57°E / 21°N 57°E / 21; 57

Oman (pronoonced /oʊˈmɑːn/ ( listen) oh-MAHN; Arabic: عمانʻUmān), offeecially the Sultanate o Oman (Arabic: سلطنة عمانSalṭanat ʻUmān), is an Arab kintra in soothwast Asie on the sootheast coast o the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the Unitit Arab Emirates on the northwast, Saudi Arabie on the wast an Yemen on the soothwast. The coast is formed bi the Arabian Sea on the sootheast an the Gulf o Oman on the northeast. The Madha an Musandam enclaves are surroondit bi the UAE on thair land borders, wi the Strait o Hormuz an Gulf o Oman formin Musandam's coastal boondaries.

Sultanate o Oman

سلطنة عُمان
Salṭanat ʻUmān
Anthemنشيد السلام السلطاني
"as-Salām as-Sultānī"
"Sultanic Salutation"
Location o Oman in the Arabian Peninsula (Dark green)
Location o Oman in the Arabian Peninsula (Dark green)
CaipitalMuscat
23°36′N 58°33′E / 23.600°N 58.550°E / 23.600; 58.550
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsArabic
Releegion
Islam
Demonym(s)Omani
GovrenmentUnitary pairlamentary absolute monarchy
• Sultan
Haitham bin Tariq
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said[1]
LegislaturPairlament
Cooncil o State (Majlis al-Dawla)
Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)
Establishment
• The Azd tribe migration
130
• Al-Julanda
629
• Imamate established[2]
751
1145
1624
• Hoose o Al Said
1744
Aurie
• Total
309,500 km2 (119,500 sq mi) (70th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate
4,441,448[3] (135t)
• 2010 census
2,773,479[4]
• Density
13/km2 (33.7/sq mi) (216t)
GDP (PPP)2015 estimate
• Total
$172.329 billion[5]
• Per capita
$44,903[5]
GDP (nominal)2015 estimate
• Tot
$81.637 billion[5]
• Per capita
$21,687[5]
HDI (2014)Increase 0.793[6]
heich · 52nd
CurrencyRial (OMR)
Time zoneUTC+4 (GST)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+968
ISO 3166 codeOM
Internet TLD.om, عمان.

References

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  1. "Cabinet Ministers". Government of Oman. Archived frae the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  2. Oman. MSN Encarta. Archived frae the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 28 Juin 2016. In 751 Ibadi Muslims, a moderate branch of the Kharijites, established an imamate in Oman. Despite interruptions, the Ibadi imamate survived until the mid-20th century.
  3. "Oman". CIA – The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  4. "Final Results of Census 2010" (PDF). National Center for Statistics & Information. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 7 Januar 2012.
  5. a b c d "Oman". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2012.
  6. "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.