Oman

Oman, the country in Southwest Asia

Capital

Muscat

Currency, Operator of

Omani rial

Languages

Arabic, Urdu

Population

3,204,897; 2,845,000; 2,577,000

Area

309,550 square kilometres; 309,500 square kilometres

Population density

23.8 per square mile, 9.2 per square kilometre, 21.5 per square mile, 8.3 per square kilometre

Births

▶ Isla Fisher, Sneha Ullal, Qaboos of Oman, Ali Al Habsi, Abdullah Al Hilali,  …

Thuwaini bin Said, Khalifa Ayil, Vic Galloway, Ahmed Hadid, Fawzi Bashir, Mohamed Rabia, Ahmed Mubarak, Hassan Rabia, Badar Al-Maimani, Mohammed Al Balushi, Said Al Shoon, Ismail Sulaiman, Sultan Al-Touqi, Sulaiman Al Mazroui, Qasim Said Sanjoor Hardan, Yaqoob Salem Al Farsi, Sulaiman Said Al Shikairi, Badar Jumaa, Mohammed Mubarek Al Hinai, Muhammed Taqi, Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini, Khalifa Ayil Al-Naufli, Hassan Yousuf Mudhafar Al Gheilani, Hussain Al-Hadhri, Hussain Mustahil, Talal Khalfan, Mohammed Al Mashaikhi, Nabil Ashoor, Ashraf Bait Taysir, Younis Mubarak Al Mahaijri, Issam Fayel Al Sinani, Vaibhav Wategaonkar, Aamer Ali, Hemin Desai, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Younis Al Mushaifri, Ismail Sulaiman Al Ajmi, Sultan Al Touqi, Said Suwailim Al Shoon, Hani Al-Dhabit, Ahmed Hadid Al Mukhaini, Ahmed Manaa, Hashim Saleh, Taqi Mubarak, Jamal Bakhsh, Hassan Zaher, Ahmed Al Busafy, Hamdi Hubais

Origin of

Asma Mohammed Rafi

Location

▶ Asia, the Middle East, the world, the Northern Hemisphere, Arabian Peninsula,  …

Western Asia, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, Africa-Eurasia, Eurasia, the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone, US postal Group 8, Gulf Standard Time region

Location of

▶ Muscat; Oman Air; Salala; Musandam; Madha;  …

Dhofar Rebellion; Sohar; Battle of Mirbat; Cyclone Gonu; Al Khasal; Nazwah; Muscat International Airport; Blue City; Dibba; Jebel Akhdar; Sur; Petroleum Development Oman; Al Hajar Mountains; Sultan Qaboos University; Majlis al Jinn; Sib; EFG-Hermes Holding Company; ‘Ibrī; Salalah Airport; Al Alam Palace; Central Bank of Oman; Indian School Al Ghubra; Oman Oil Company; Shinas; Muttrah; Arabian Oryx Sanctuary; Duqm; Kumzar; Bakhah; Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex; Ad Dakhiliyah Region; Saham Town; Bahla; Burami; Adam, Oman; Jebel Shams; Merbat; Ziki; Royal Guard of Oman Technical College; Qal‘at Kasrá; Thumrait; Higher College of Technology; Ḩamāsā; Nakhal Fort; Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos; Raysut; Taga; Shati Al-Qurm; Knowledge Oasis Muscat; Jissah; Khasab Air Base; Manah, Oman; Al Wajajah; Al Saada Sports Complex; ‘Amlā’; National Bank of Oman; Madha Airport; Ras al Hadd Airport; Barka; Adam Airport; Sohar Airport; Al Duqm Airport; Liwa Province; Arab Open University, Oman; Al Batinah Region; Arab Open University, Oman Campus; Al Wusta Region; Arab Open University; International Maritime College Oman; International Maritime College Oman; Averda; Al-Saada Stadium; Thumrait Air Base; Samail; Sohar University; Al-Ghubra; Musandam; Fahud; glorei; Ad Dhahirah Region; Ash Sharqiyah Region; Al Buraimi Governorate; Saadha; Oman Daily Observer; The University of Nizwa; Dibba Airport; Nizwa Fort; AL Suwaiq; Masirah Airport; Thumrait Airport; Oman Met Office Airport; Jabal Mukhtarān; Jabal ash Shuway‘ī; Jebel Bayt Safteer; Jabal Bait Biram; Jebel Manam; Jebel Harr Akada; Jebel Shibob; Jebel Dee; Jebel Qas Baar; Jebel Aqrabat Thifah; Jebel Methwel; Jabal Rehen; Jabal Damur; Jebel Albahar; Jebel Masheen; Khawr Qaltah; Ghubbat al Khawş; Wādī Thuhayb; Jabal Shereef; Jabal Shaat; Jabal Tish-haa; Jabal Hawkab; Jabal Sirawtam; Jabal Aytīn; Jabal Ghār; Jabal Hār; Jabal Qunf; Jabal Hount; Jabal Koob; Jabal Maţraḩ; Jabal Wāq; Jabal Ghubrah; Jabal Shāq; Jabal Rabābah; Jabal Sūd al Ḩāmid; Jabal Fidā’; Jabal Bijalah; Jabal Rawdah; Jabal Ghadhiyā; Jabal Khushshah; Jabal Suwār; Jabal Khushshah; Jabal Sanqah; Al Ḩamīyah; Jabal Sumarrah; Jabal Sukhbarī; Jabal Khuwaybah; Jabal Şāfin; Ḩawrat Khadil; Ḩawrat Mulab; Jabal Būmah; Khawr Ḩumr aş Şaghīrah; Aḑyūḩ; Jazīrat Thukhayr; Jabal Mudaydīb al ‘Ayjah; Jabal at Turābī; Jabal Abū al Khashūl; Jabal al Ḩumr; Jabal Umm Bak; Jabal al Ḩamar; Jabal Bin Kharţūm; Jabal Madn; Jabal as Saifr; Jabal Faja‘; Jabal Bū Milḩ; Jabal al Wa‘lan; Jabal Rimrama; Jabal ‘Uwaynah; Jabal ‘Ūd Ghawīl; Jabal Ruwaydat; Ghubbat Şībī; Al ‘Ayn; Jazīrat Sawdā’; Khawr Fakudda; Ra’s Tāhir; Katu; Ra’s Shurayţah; Jabal Nahar; Jabal Khaysah; Ra’s Da‘aliq; Jazīrat Ḩabalayn; Ra’s Tuqbiare; Khawr Maqāqah; Jazīrat Maqāqah; Jazīrat Şībī; Ra’s Aḩmar Dabshūn; Ra’s Aḩmar Şībī; Ghubbat Dabshūn; Zerd; Khawr Midaḩ; Khawr Qalātī; Ra’s Qabbī; Ra’s Ḩasan; Jazīrat Kabīr; Jazīrat Şaghīr; Khawr Maqlab; Ra’s Saghi; Khawr Qānah; Ra’s ‘Amūd; Jabal Shauhac; Jabal Sal al A‘lā; Jabal Zahaymet; Jabal Secun; Ra’s Senut

Subsidiaries

Petroleum Development Oman

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman

Broadcast Area of

The eXpat Chart

Fighters

Royal Air Force of Oman

Closest Airport

Khasab Air Base

Deaths

Faisal bin Turki, Ibn Duraid, Thomas Valpy French

Coordinates

22°44'47.33"N, 23°36'00"N, 57°07'12.96"E, 58°32'60"E, 58°32'59"E

Overlaps

the Persian Gulf, Jebel Hafeet

Borders

the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Leader's Title

"Sultan"

System of Government

democratic monarchy, absolute monarchy

Predominant Language

Arabic

The Area Served By

General Motors Egypt, Padini

Head Of State, Monarch

Qaboos of Oman

Language

Arabic, Urdu, written Arabic, written Urdu

Class

▶ UN-recognised country, sovereign state, country, geographical area of significant size, populated place,  …

geographical area

Examples

geographical parents are statically known

Separate From

the United Kingdom

Operator

Oman Air

Does

kill by capital punishment

Fips 10 4 Code For

"MU"

NGA Class

Omani mintaqah or muhafazah

Infant Mortality Rate

10, 18.9

Average Age At Death

74 years old, 73 years and 4 months old

International Phone Code

+968

Attributes

Muslim, geographical parents are statically known

Often Found

▶ Acacia nilotica, Imperata cylindrica, Adansonia digitata, Lesser Flamingo, Arabian Leopard,  …

Audubon's Shearwater, Arabian Tahr, Capparis decidua, Arabian Partridge, African Silverbill, Indian Silverbill, House Bunting, Palestine Sunbird, Grewia villosa, Dunn's Lark, Egyptian Mastigure, Blepharispermum hirtum, Eragrostis amabilis, Adenium obesum, Rhus aucheri, Ormocarpum dhofarense, Salalah guitarfish

Emergency Number

+968.9999

Legal Driving Age

18 years

Map

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=oman

Terrain Types

mountain, plain, desert

Defense Budget

$253,000,000

Possible Languages

▶ Persian, Omani Arabic, Harsusi, Kumzari, Hobyót,  …

Shehri, Luwati, Omani Arabic, Dhofari Arabic

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000002c91d"

ISO Code

"OM"

Related Websites

▶ http://www.citypictures.org/k-southwest-asia-343-oman-344.htm; http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/Oman.htm; http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/component/option,com_fjrelated/Itemid,65/id,231/layout,blog/view,fjrelated; http://www.theweek.co.om; http://www.omanobserver.com;  …

http://www.omantribune.com; http://www.timesofoman.com; http://www.azzamn.net; http://www.shabiba.com; http://www.alwatan.com; http://www.omandaily.com; http://www.oman-tv.gov.om; http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/mu; http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/search.tkl?q=oman&search_crit=subject&search=Search&date1=Anytime&date2=Anytime&type=form; http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/oman.htm; http://www.britannica.com/nations/Oman; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791892.stm; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-o/oman.html; http://omanwhs.gov.om/Default.htm; http://www.shura.om; http://www.statecouncil.gov.om; http://www.omantourism.gov.om; http://www.mofa.gov.om; http://www.omanet.om

GDP

$40,060,000,000

Political Parties

Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman

Latitude North

Saudi Arabia

Visited by

Ibn Battuta

Partly in

Arabian Desert

Driving Side

right

HIV Patients

1,300

Adjectival

"Omani"

CIA World Factbook URI

http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/resource/Oman

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Oman

Newspapers

Alwatan, Times of Oman, Theweek, Oman Daily Observer, Muscat Daily

National Anthem

Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani

Short Form

om

Aliases

"at oman", "in oman", "oman"

Rare Terms

"sultanate of oman", "omani"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/05l8y"

ISO 3166-1

"OMN"

Male Life Expectancy

72 years old

Female Life Expectancy

77 years old

Under-Five Mortality Rate, Number Of Deaths Males Under 5 Per 1000

12

Male Infant Mortality Rate, Number Of Deaths Females Under 5 Per 1000, Rate Of Teenage Pregnancy in

11

Female Infant Mortality Rate

10

Male Adult Mortality Rate

155

Female Adult Mortality Rate

84

Adult Mortality Rate

129

Founded here

Gulf Air, Sultan Qaboos University

Average Number Of Children Per Woman

3

Healthy Male Life Expectancy

64 years old

Healthy Female Life Expectancy

67 years old

Healthy Life Expectancy

65 years old

Male Obesity

16.7%

Female Obesity

23.8%

Prevalence Of Adult Tobacco Smoking

20.5%

Prevalence Of Tobacco Smoking Among Adult Females

1.3%

Prevalence Of Adolescent Male Smoking

17.8%

Percentage Of Adolscent Female Smokers

11.3%

Median Human Age

24 years old

% of young people in

32%

% of old people in

5%

Annual Growth Rate Of Population of

1.8%