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Coordinates:21°N57°E/ 21°N 57°E/21; 57

Sultanate o Oman

سلطنة عُمان
Salṭanat ʻUmān
Anthem:نشيد 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′N58°33′E/ 23.600°N 58.550°E/23.600; 58.550
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsArabic
Releegion
Islam
Demonym(s)Omani
GovrenmentUnitarypairlamentaryabsolute monarchy
Haitham bin Tariq
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said[1]
LegislaturPairlament
Cooncil o State (Majlis al-Dawla)
Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)
Establishment
• TheAzd tribemigration
130
• Al-Julanda
629
Imamateestablished[2]
751
1145
1624
• Hoose oAl 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)Increase0.793[6]
heich·52nd
CurrencyRial(OMR)
Time zoneUTC+4(GST)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+968
ISO 3166 codeOM
Internet TLD.om,عمان.

Oman(pronoonced/oʊˈmɑːn/(listen)oh-MAHN;Arabic:عمانʻUmān), offeecially theSultanateo Oman(Arabic:سلطنة عمانSalṭanat ʻUmān), is anArabkintrainsoothwast Asieon the sootheast coast o theArabian Peninsula.It borders theUnitit Arab Emirateson the northwast,Saudi Arabieon the wast anYemenon the soothwast. The coast is formed bi theArabian Seaon the sootheast an theGulf o Omanon the northeast. TheMadhaanMusandamenclaves are surroondit bi the UAE on thair land borders, wi theStrait o Hormuzan Gulf o Oman formin Musandam's coastal boondaries.

References[eedit|eedit soorce]

  1. "Cabinet Ministers".Government of Oman. Archived fraethe originalon 22 December 2013.Retrieved13 October2010.Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (help)
  2. Oman.MSN Encarta. Archived fraethe originalon 1 November 2009.Retrieved28 Juin2016.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 fraethe originalon 24 December 2018.Retrieved29 October2011.
  4. "Final Results of Census 2010"(PDF).National Center for Statistics & Information. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 18 Mey 2013.Retrieved7 Januar2012.
  5. abcd"Oman".International Monetary Fund.Retrieved20 Apryle2012.
  6. "2015 Human Development Report"(PDF).United Nations Development Programme. 2015.Retrieved15 December2015.