Form of Government: monarchy with two advisory bodies (State Council [851]; Consultative Council [86])
President: Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
Prime Minister: Sultan Qaboos
GDP: 76.33 billion USD (2019)
Capital: Muscat
Population: 4.975 million (2019)
Official Languages: Arabic
Currency: Omani rial
Timezone: GMT+4
Area:309,501 km²
Dialing Code: +968
Major Mountain Ranges: Jebel Shams
Major Rivers: Wadi al Batha,Wadi Halfayn
Continent: Asia
Border Countries: Oman borders Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; it shares maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan. The country is bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman; at the Musandam Peninsula it borders the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.