Sultanate of Oman

The capital:             Projection

The inhabitants enumerated:             2,713,462 breath of air (estimate of July 2002)

The language:             Main [aale'rbyt] the language, English, Asian, [aale'rbyt] Omani (75%)

The sweat:             The Indian and Pakistani (24%)

The climate:             Hot and dry  

Regime of the governing:             The monarchist

The economy                        

- the currency:             The Omani riyal

- [aalmwaaryd]:             Blistered and natural gas

The religion:             The Islam (the official debt). The constitution joins the marine belief.

History

Oman was ruled by the Portuguese from 1507 until 1648. In the 17th and 18th century it was an important naval power in the w estern part of the Indian Ocean. By the early 19th century, after the ouster of the Persians in 1744, Muscat and Oman was one of the most important countries of the region. It then also ruled Zanzibar, which separated in 1861. An uprising by traditionally rebellious interior tribes against control by Muscat in the 1950's was suppressed with British help. In 1970, the name of the nation was changed to Sultanate of Oman. The sultan has absolute power, being simultaneously premier, and minister of foreign affairs, defence, and finance. 

His extensive modernization program has opened the country to the outside world and has preserved a long-standing political and military relationship with Britain. Oman's moderate, independent foreign policy has sought to maintain good relations with all Middle Eastern countries.