Source: Wikipedia
Flag of Oman
Capital: Muscat
23°61'N 58°54'E
Official languages: Arabic
Gov't: Absolute monarchy
Sultan: Qaboos bin Said Al Said
Independence
:
- Portuguese expelled 1650
Area :
- Total 309,500 kmē (70th)
119,498 sq mi
- Water (%) negligible
Population:
- July 2005 estimate 2,567,0001 (140th)
- Density 8.3/kmē (211th)
21.5/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
:
- Total $40.923 billion (85th)
- Per capita $16,862 (41st)
HDI (2004) 0.810 (high) (56th)
Currency: Rial (OMR)
Time zone: (UTC+4)
- Summer (DST) (UTC+4)
Internet TLD: .om
The Sultanate of Oman is a country in Southwest Asia, on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west, and Yemen in the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Gulf of Oman in the northeast. The country also has an exclave enclosed by the United Arab Emirates.