2,325,438 (1999)
Omanis :
1,729,312 (74.36%)
Expatriates : 596,126 (25.64) |
|
6.5 inhabitants/Km2 |
|
Muscat (population over 400,000) |
|
Arabic ( English widely used) |
|
Islam
|
|
4 hours
ahead of GMT |
Rial
Omani = US$2.60
(US$0.384 - Buying)
(US$0.385 – Selling)
(1 Rial = 1000 Baisas) |
RO5,758.3 million
(current prices)
|
RO6,125.2 million (1999)
(current prices)
|
Hot and humid in summer
(June 31- 48 ° Centigrade)
Pleasantly cool in winter
(January 20-25° Centigrade)
|
|
Metric |
|
220 Volts |
|
900,000 barrels a day
|
|
for 1999 = 308 million
barrels (42 million metric tonnes) |
|
5.7 billion barrels (proven
reserves) |
|
29.1 TCF (Trillion Cubic
Feet) (proven reserves) |
|
18 million tonnes |
|
4.69 million tonnes |
|
2.5% |
|
72.8 years |
circa 565,856 boys & girls
aged 6-18 in school
|
|
18th November (Government
offices usually close for two days later in the month in lieu of the
holiday) |
Dates according to the
lunar year.
26th-30th Dec 2000 (Eid al-Fitr)
5th-8th Mar 001 (Eid al-Adha)
27th March 2001 (new Islamic year 1422 AH)
15th October December 2001 (Eid al- Fitr)
23rd - 26th February 2002(Eid al-Adha)
16th March 2002 (New Islamic Year 1423AH)
(The above dates may vary slightly 2001
|
Saturday - Wednesday
7.30 am - 2.30 pm
(except in Ramadhan 8.30 am - 1.30 pm)
28th Nov 2000 (Ramadhan begins)
|
Saturday - Thursday
8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
3.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
(timings variable)
During Ramadhan, Muslims in the private sector may only work six hours
per day or 36 hours per week.
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H.M. News 
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