Formal Name: Sultanate of Oman. Short Form: Oman. Term for Citizens: Omani(s) adjectival form, Omani. Capital: Muscat. GEOGRAPHY Size: About 212,000 square kilometers, although estimates vary. TopograÍÍÍÍphy: Mostly desert 15 percent land mountainous. Four major regions: Musandam Peninsula, Al Batinah coastal plain, Oman interior, and Dhofar region. Climate: Hot and dry, except for Dhofar, which has light monsoons. Boundaries: Yemen and Saudi Arabia demarcated borders with Oman in 1992. Data as of January 1993
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