Oman (
i// oh-MAAN;
Arabic:
عمان
ʻUmān), officially called the
Sultanate of Oman (
Arabic:
سلطنة عُمان
Salṭanat ʻUmān), is an
Arab state in southwest Asia
on the southeast coast of the
Arabian Peninsula. It has a strategically
important position at the mouth of the
Persian Gulf. It is bordered by the
United Arab
Emirates to the northwest,
Saudi Arabia to the west, and
Yemen to the southwest and also shares
marine borders with
Iran and
Pakistan. The coast is formed by the
Arabian Sea on the southeast
and the
Gulf of Oman on
the northeast. The
Madha and
Musandam exclaves are
surrounded by the UAE on their land borders, with the
Strait of Hormuz and
Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries.
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman
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