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Sultanate of Oman
سلطنة عُمان(Arabic)
Flag
Emblem
Anthem:نشيد السلام السلطاني "as-Salām as-Sultānī" "Sultanic Salutation"
Location of Oman (dark green)
Capital
and largest city
Muscat 23°35′20″N58°24′30″E / 23.58889°N 58.40833°E / 23.58889; 58.40833
Official languages
Arabic[1]
Religion
(2024)
88.9% Islam (official)
47.2% Sunni
35.2% Ibadi
6.5% Shia
5.5% Hinduism
3.6% Christianity
2.0% others[2][a]
Demonym(s)
Omani
Government
Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy
• Sultan
Haitham bin Tariq
• Crown Prince
Theyazin bin Haitham
Legislature
Council of Oman
• Upper house
Council of State (Majlis al-Dawla)
• Lower house
Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)
Establishment
• Azd tribe migration
130
• Al-Julanda
629
• Imamate established[3]
751
• Nabhani dynasty
1154
• Portuguese rule
1507–1656
• Yarubi dynasty
1624
• Al Said dynasty
1744
• Muscat and Oman
8 January 1856
• Sultanate of Oman
9 August 1970
• Basic Statute
6 November 1996 (established); 2011 (amended); 2021 (amended)[4]
Area
• Total
309,500 km2 (119,500 sq mi) (70th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate
4,520,471[5][6] (125th)
• 2010 census
2,773,479[7]
• Density
15/km2 (38.8/sq mi) (177th)
GDP (PPP)
2023 estimate
• Total
$200.295 billion[8] (78th)
• Per capita
$39,336[8] (71st)
GDP (nominal)
2023 estimate
• Total
$108.282 billion[8] (66th)
• Per capita
$21,265[8] (55th)
Gini (2018)
30.75[9] medium
HDI (2022)
0.819[10] very high (59th)
Currency
Omani rial (OMR)
Time zone
UTC+4 (GST)
Date format
dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side
right
Calling code
+968
ISO 3166 code
OM
Internet TLD
.om, عمان.
Website www.oman.om
Oman,[b] officially the Sultanate of Oman,[c] is a country in West Asia. It is located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and overlooks the mouth of the Persian Gulf. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, while sharing maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan. The capital and largest city is Muscat. Oman has a population of nearly 4.7 million[11] and is the 124th most-populous country. The coast faces the Arabian Sea on the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by United Arab Emirates on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz (which it shares with Iran) and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries.
From the 17th century, the Omani Sultanate was an empire, vying with the Portuguese and British empires for influence in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. At its peak in the 19th century, Omani influence and control extended across the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and Pakistan, and as far south as Zanzibar.[12] In the 20th century, the sultanate came under the influence of the United Kingdom. For over 300 years, the relations built between the two empires were based on mutual benefit. The UK recognized Oman's geographical importance as a trading hub that secured British trading-lanes in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean and protected London's interests in the Indian sub-continent. Oman is an absolute monarchy led by a sultan, with power passed down through the male line. Qaboos bin Said was the Sultan from 1970 until his death on 10 January 2020.[13] Qaboos, who died childless, had named his cousin, Haitham bin Tariq, as his successor in a letter, and the ruling family confirmed him as the new Sultan of Oman.[14]
Formerly a maritime empire, Oman is the oldest continuously independent state in the Arab world.[15][16] It is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. It has oil reserves ranked 22nd globally.[15][17] In 2010, the United Nations Development Programme ranked Oman as the most-improved country in the world in terms of development during the preceding 40 years.[18] A portion of its economy involves tourism and trading fish, dates and other agricultural produce. The World Bank categorizes Oman as a high-income economy and as of 2023[update] Oman ranks as the 48th most peaceful country in the world according to the Global Peace Index.[19]
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^"World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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^ abcd"World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Oman)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^"Urban – Gini index – Omani – Total". The National Centre for Statistics and Information, Sultanate of Oman. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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^"Haitham bin Tariq sworn in as Oman's new sultan". Al Jazeera. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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^"Five Arab states among top leaders in long-term development gains". Hdr.undp.org. 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^"Global Peace Index: 2021" (PDF). visionofhumanity.org. Global Peace Index and Institute for Economics and Peace. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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