Location
The Sultanate of Oman, lies on the south east corner of the Arabian Peninsula between latitudes 16�40' and 26�-20' north and longitudes 51�50', and 59�40' east. Its coast runs to a distance of 1,700 km from the Strait of Hormuz in the north to the borders of the Republic of Yemen, thus overlooking three seas, the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
It is bordered to the west by the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to South by the Republic of Yemen, the Strait of I Hormuz to the North and the Arabian Sea to the East.
Capital : Muscat
Size : 309,500 sq. km.
