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The inhabitants of the area of Oman have long prospered on Indian Ocean trade. In the late 18th century, a newly established sultanate in Muscat signed the first in a series of friendship treaties with Britain. Over time, Oman's dependence on British political and military advisors increased, but it never became a British colony. In 1970, QABOOS bin Said al-Said overthrew the restrictive rule of his father; he has ruled as sultan ever since. His extensive modernization program has opened the country to the outside world while preserving the longstanding close ties with the UK. Oman's moderate, independent foreign policy has sought to maintain good relations with all Middle Eastern countries. (from the CIA)

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Economic Overview

Oman is a middle-income economy that is heavily dependent on dwindling oil resources, but sustained high oil prices in recent years have helped build oman's budget and trade surpluses and foreign reserves. oman joined the world trade organization in november 2000 and continues to liberalize its markets. it ratified a free trade agreement with the us in september 2006, and, through the gulf cooperation council, seeks similar agreements with the eu, china and japan. as a result of its dwindling oil resources, oman is actively pursuing a development plan that focuses on diversification, industrialization, and privatization, with the objective of reducing the oil sector's contribution to gdp to 9 percent by 2020. muscat is attempting to "omanize" the labor force by replacing foreign expatriate workers with local workers. oman actively seeks private foreign investors, especially in the industrial, information technology, tourism, and higher education fields. industrial development plans focus on gas resources, metal manufacturing, petrochemicals, and international transshipment ports.

Environmental Issues

Rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; limited natural fresh water resources

Government Type

Monarchy

Population

3,311,640 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (july 2008 est.)

Location

Middle east, bordering the arabian sea, gulf of oman, and persian gulf, between yemen and uae

Area

Total: 212,460 sq km land: 212,460 sq km water: 0 sq km

Slightly smaller than kansas

Country Aliases

Conventional long form: sultanate of oman conventional short form: oman local long form: saltanat uman local short form: uman former: muscat and oman

Capital

Name: muscat geographic coordinates: 23 37 n, 58 35 e time difference: utc+4 (9 hours ahead of washington, dc during standard time)

Military Service

18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)

International Disputes

Boundary agreement reportedly signed and ratified with uae in 2003 for entire border, including oman's musandam peninsula and al madhah exclave, but details of the alignment have not been made public

Sources: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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