- Oman, officially sultanate of Oman, country situated in the southeast of the Arabique peninsula, extending over about 1 760 km along the bay of Oman, in the East, and opening on the Arabian Sea in the South, bounded in the southwest by the Yemen, on the West by Saudi Arabia (desert of Rub al-Khali) and in the northwest by close Arabic Emirats. The sultanate also includes the peninsula of Musandam, strategic cap dominating the strait of Ormuz, which is cut with the rest of the country by close Arabic Emirats. The sultanate of Oman, called Mascate-et-Oman's sultanate until 1970, extends over 273 000 km2. The capital is Masqat..
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