{"id":73288,"date":"2025-11-13T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73288"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:01:28","slug":"key-facts-about-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Oman Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Oman has secured a seat on the International Coordinating\u00a0 Council of UNESCO\u2019s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Oman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>Arabian Peninsula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Western Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares a <\/span><b>north western<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> border with the United<\/span><b> Arab Emirates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UAE); a <\/span><b>western<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> border with <\/span><b>Saudi Arabia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Yemen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Boundaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares coastline borders with the <\/span><b>Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>south and east <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with the Gulf of Oman in the northeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is strategically situated at the <\/span><b>mouth of the Persian Gulf<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the south eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Muscat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Oman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b> <b>Mount<\/b><b> Shams,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the country&#8217;s highest point at 9,777 feet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of<\/span><b> dry desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ports: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Port of Salalah<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the largest port in Oman.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Desert:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Rub&#8217; al-Khali desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shared with <\/span><b>Saudi Arabia and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/yemen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yemen<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has <\/span><b>offshore territories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Ma\u015f\u012brah Island and Al-\u1e28all\u0101niyyah Island.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/oman-becomes-member-of-unescos-man-and-the-biosphere-council-advancing-global-conservation-efforts\/articleshow\/125251475.cms#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oman is located in the Arabian Peninsula of Western Asia. 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