Oman
Coordinates: 21°N 57°E / 21°N 57°E
Oman (pronoonced /oʊˈmɑːn/ ( listen) oh-MAHN; Arabic: عمان ʻUmān), offeecially the Sultanate o Oman (Arabic: سلطنة عمان Salṭanat 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 | |
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Location o Oman in the Arabian Peninsula (Dark green) | |
Caipital | Muscat 23°36′N 58°33′E / 23.600°N 58.550°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Arabic |
Releegion | Islam |
Demonym(s) | Omani |
Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary absolute monarchy |
• Sultan | Haitham bin Tariq |
• Deputy Prime Meenister | Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said[1] |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Cooncil o State (Majlis al-Dawla) |
• Lower house | Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura) |
Establishment | |
• The Azd tribe migration | 130 |
• Al-Julanda | 629 |
• Imamate established[2] | 751 |
• Nabhani dynasty | 1145 |
• Yaruba dynasty | 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) | 0.793[6] heich · 52nd |
Currency | Rial (OMR) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (GST) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +968 |
ISO 3166 code | OM |
Internet TLD | .om, عمان. |
Referenceseedit
- ↑ "Cabinet Ministers". Government of Oman. Archived frae the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2010. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Oman". CIA – The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Final Results of Census 2010" (PDF). National Center for Statistics & Information. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 7 Januar 2012.
- ↑ a b c d "Oman". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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