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About Oman

The Sultanate of Oman is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the south and east and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The country also contains Madha, an exclave enclosed by the United Arab Emirates, and Musandum, an exclave also separated by Emirati territory.

 

 

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Islamic constitutional

Qaboos bin Said al Said

Muscat

2,845,000

309,550 km2

Arabic

GMT+4

Rial (OMR)

968

 

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