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Sultanate of Oman
National name: Saltonat Uman
Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)
Area: 82,030 sq. mi. (212,460 sq. km)1
Population (1999 est.): 2,446,645 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.37%); birth rate: 38.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.7/1000; density per sq. mi.: 30
Capital and largest city (1991 est.): Muscat, 350,000
Monetary unit: Omani rial
Languages: Arabic (official); also English and Indian languages
Ethnicity/race: Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
Religion: Islam, 95%
Literacy rate: 65.8%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $18.6 billion; $7,900 per capita. Real growth rate: –8.5%. Inflation: –0.2% (1997 est.). Unemployment: n.a. Agriculture: dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish. Labor force: 850,000 (1997 est.). Industry: crude oil production and refining, natural gas production, construction, cement, copper. Natural resources: petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas. Exports: $7.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.): petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles. Imports: $4 billion (f.o.b., 1997): machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants. Major trading partners: Japan, China, Thailand, South Korea, U.S., U.K., Germany.
