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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sultanate of Oman item Anthem : Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani item Capital (and largest city) : Muscat 23°36 N 58°33 E / 23.6°N 58.55°E / 23.6; 58.55 item Official language(s) : Arabic item Demonym : Omani item Government : Islamic absolute monarchy item – Sultan : Qaboos bin Said al Said item – Chancellor : Fahad ibn Mahmood Al Said item Establishment item – Imamate established : 751 item – Constitution: 1996 item Area item – Total: 309,550 km (70 ) 119,498 sq mi item – Water ( %) : negligible item Population item – 2009 estimate: 2,845,000 (139th) item – 2003 census: 2,341,000 item – Density : 9.2/km (219 ) 23.8/sq mi item GDP (PPP ): 2009 estimate item – Total: $74.431 billion item – Per capita : $25,109 item GDP (nominal): 2009 estimate item – Total: $53.395 billion item – Per capita : $18,013 item HDI (2007): 0.846 (high) (56 ) item Currency : Rial (OMR ) item Time zone : (UTC +4) item – Summer (DST ): (UTC +4) item Drives on the : right item Internet TLD : .om item Calling code : 968 item : Population estimate includes 693,000 non-nationals. Oman (pronounced /o m n/ oh-MAHN ; Arabic : Um n ), officially the Sultanate of Oman (Arabic : Sal anat Um n ), is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula . It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest.The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the south and east and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The country also contains Madha , an exclave enclosed by the United Arab Emirates , and Musandam , an exclave also separated by Emirati territory.History Main article: History of Oman Stone Age Wattayah, located in the governorate of Muscat , is the oldest known human settlement in the area and dates back to the Stone Age , making it arou…

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