Location:
Oman is a medium size country situated in the southern part of the Middle East and occupies the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a long coast to the Indian Ocean in south, to the Arabian Sea in east and to the Gulf of Oman in north. Continentally it has borders with United Arab Emirates in north-west, Saudi Arabia in west and Yemen in south-west.
Area/Surface:
309.500 km²
Population:
2.850.000 people
Capital:
Muscat 735.000 people
Currency:
Riyal
Languages spoken:
Arabian
Religion:
Islamism
Government form:
Monarchy, Dictatorship
Time zone:
+4 hours Greenwich time
Cars:
OM
Calling code:
+968
Oman
Relief, agriculture and climate:
Oman has a diverse relief but mainly is composed by a desert and few mountains in the north part with the maximum height in the peak Jabal al-Akhdar at 3.107 m height. Few fertile lands are situated on the coast and are cultivated with cereals, tobacco, lemon trees and dates. Due to the very dry and hot climate with a low rainfall under 100 mm annually, it’s necessary to have irrigation systems and factories to desalinate the seawater.
Resources and population in Oman:
Fishing is the main activity for locals. The country has important resources of oil that assure a great part of the earnings, but it is still one of the low developed countries in the Middle East. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Nowadays, the sanitary and teaching systems are getting better and better and the population, concentrated mostly in the northern part is composed by Muslim Arabs. This country is a sultanate from 1751. Visit Oman and enjoy the hot climate!
Musandam Peninsula at Hormuz Strait
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