Oman Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Oman with its capital Muscat is located in Asia (Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea). It covers some 212,461 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Kansas) with 3,309,000 citizens. Arabic, English and Urdu are the official languages spoken in Oman (consider regional differences). Saudi Arabia, Yemen and United Arab Emirates are bordering countries.

Oman is in the Middle East, on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Until Sultan Qaboos bin Said exiled the previous Sultan in 1970, Oman was an under-developed nation, and almost completely closed to visitors. Since that time, education, public works and tourism have taken off throughout the country.

Pictures from Capital (Muscat)

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About Oman

The topography features central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south. The average density of population is about 15 per km². The climate in Oman can be described as dry desert with hot, humid along coast, hot, dry interior, strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south. Potential natural disasters are summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior or periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Oman dial +968 prior to a number. There are 300,100 installed telephones. And there are 3,971,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".om". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 9 regions/states in Oman we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Omani population grew at a rate of 2% (or by 59,206 citizens). With 10,298 deaths and 70,928 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.04%. -1,425 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Oman: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.