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OMAN
(oh-MAN)
A
sultanate on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula
Common
clues: Arabian sultanate;
Saudi Arabia neighbor; Muscat's land; Yemen neighbor; Arabian Sea
nation
Related
crosswordese: OMANI
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The
Sultanate
of Oman is
a country in the southwestern part of Asia, on the southeast
coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab
Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west, and Yemen in
the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the
south and east, and the Gulf of Oman in the northeast.
Map
of Oman
A
vast desert plain covers most of central Oman, with mountain
ranges along the north and southeast coast, where the countries
main cities are also located: capital city Muscat, Matrah and Sur
in the north, and Salalah in the south. Oman's climate in the
interior is hot and dry, but humid along the coast.
The
peninsula of Musandam which has a strategic location on the
Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the rest of Oman by the
United Arab Emirates. Not all of Oman's borders with that country
are well defined. Oman has one exclave inside UAE territory, the
town of Madha. Oman is considered to be one of the fifteen states
that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity"
Oman
is famous for its khanjar knives(dagger).
Grand
Mosque in Muscat
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