• Oman Air (Arabic: الطيران العماني) is the flag carrier of Oman. Based at Muscat International Airport in Muscat, it operates domestic and international...
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    Route 2 also known as the Khasab Coastal Road is a major highway in the Sultanate of Oman specifically in the Musandam exclave. The main road runs from...
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    Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It overlooks the mouth of the Persian...
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    Muscat (redirect from Maskat, Oman)
    Masqaṭ pronounced [ˈmasqatˤ]) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre...
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    United Arab Emirates (UAE). The coast of Oman was an important part in the Omani empire and sultanate. Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of...
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    Muscat International Airport (category 1973 establishments in Oman)
    formerly Seeb International Airport, is the main international airport in Oman and is located in Seeb, 32 km from the old city and capital Muscat within...
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  • Al Wajajah (category Oman–United Arab Emirates border crossings)
    between the UAE and Oman, with Khatmat Malaha being an alternative. The route between Dubai and Wajaja goes in and out of Omani territory since the border...
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  • SalamAir (category Airlines of Oman)
    commenced flights between the Omani cities of Muscat and Salalah from 30 January 2017, and SalamAir flew the Muscat–Dubai route, the airline's first international...
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    The 1970 Omani coup d'état was the overthrow of Sultan of Oman Said bin Taimur by his son Qaboos bin Said in Oman on 23 July 1970. Occurring in the midst...
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    invasion of Oman by the Portuguese the conflict came to end in 1515 with the loss of Oman’s maritime trade routes. Beginning in 1624, Oman started to recover...
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    Bedouin well at Shisr (18° 15' 47 N" 53° 39' 28" E) in Dhofar province, Oman. The conclusion they reached, based on site excavations and an inspection...
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    slave trade commerce, being the base of Omani prosperity and the center of the entire coastal economy. A second route of slave trade existed, with people...
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    Land of Frankincense (category World Heritage Sites in Oman)
    Frankincense (Arabic: أرض البخور, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Bakhūr) is a site in Oman on the Incense Road. The site includes frankincense trees, Khor Rori and...
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    The culture of Oman describe the cultural aspects of people living in Oman, which is steeped in the religion of Islam. Oman has its own unique subsect...
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    Region in northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located about 126 miles (203 km) southeast of the Omani capital Muscat. Historically...
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  • The 2023 Tour of Oman is a road cycling stage race that took place between 11 and 15 February 2023 in Oman. The race is rated as a category 2. Pro event...
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    Jebel Akhdar War (redirect from Oman War)
    Rebellion or the Oman War (Arabic: حرب عمان, romanized: Ḥarb ʻumān), broke out in 1954 and again in 1957 in Oman, as an effort by the local Omanis in the interior...
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    Emily Ruete (category Tanzanian people of Omani descent)
    1844 – 29 February 1924), was a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She was the youngest of the 36 children of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of the Omani Empire...
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  • The 2024 Tour of Oman was a road cycling stage race that took place between 10 and 14 February 2024 in Oman. The race was rated as a category 2. Pro event...
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    1963 to 1976 in the province of Dhofar against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The war began with the formation of the Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist...
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    Hajar Mountains (category Mountain ranges of Oman)
    between northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates. Also known as "Oman Mountains", they separate the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert...
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  • now be able to operate flights to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. "Fly...
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    Seeb (redirect from Seeb, Oman)
    province, located several kilometres northwest of Muscat, in northeastern Oman. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 470,878. Landmarks include the...
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  • February 2023 Oman opened its airspace to all "qualified commercial carriers" thus bringing the operation of this route along the great-circle routing closer...
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    2024 Persian Gulf floods (category 2024 disasters in Oman)
    region, with Oman and the United Arab Emirates being particularly affected, resulting in the deaths of at least 46 people, including 20 in Oman, and 18 in...
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    Misfat al Abriyeen (category Populated places in Oman)
    العبريين, romanized: msfā ālʿbryyn) is a village in the wilayah of Al Hamra in Oman. Located in an oasis at 900 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level in the Western...
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  • Airport, Jeddah as its first destination, on 29 March 2023. International operations were extended to Muscat in Oman from June 2023. The concept of Air Sial...
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    to 350 CE following trade routes. Certainly, by the fifth century, Oman had a bishop named John – the last bishop of Oman being Etienne, in 676 CE. The...
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    Silk Road (redirect from The Silk Route)
    into routes through the Arabian Sea entering the Gulf of Oman (into the Persian Gulf), and the Gulf of Aden (into the Red Sea). Secondary routes also...
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    Islam. Today, the largest of these communities and the most prosperous is in Oman in the southeast peninsula of Arabia. It is also practiced to a lesser extent...
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