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1997-MAR-28

Sultanate of OMAN
(Muscat)

Sultanate of OMAN

Flag or logo since 1995-11-18*
Saltanat UMAN : سلطنة عُمان (ar) UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol*

Sultan Qaboos bin Said
(ruler of OMAN since 1971-10-07)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Muscat
(Musqat)
Official & national languages: Arabic (ar) .

Mainland:


OMAN Sultanate of OMAN  (Muscat)

8 Divisions:

BATINAH BATINAH Region  (Sohar)Local: Mintaqah AL-BATINAH : منطقة الباطنة (ar)  (Suhar)
DAKHLIA DAKHLIA Region [Interior Region]  (Nizwa)Local: Mintaqah AD-DAKHILIYAH : المنطقة الداخلية (ar)  (Nizwa)
DHAHIRAH DHAHIRAH Region  (Ibri)Local: Mintaqah AZ-ZAHIRAH : منطقة الظاهرة (ar)  (Ibri)
DHOFAR DHOFAR Governorate  (Salalah)Local: Muhafazah ZUFAR : محافطة ظفار (ar)  (Salalah)
MUSANDAM Governorate of MUSANDAM  (Khasab)Local: Muhafazah MUSANDAM : محافظة مسندم (ar)  (Al-Khasab)
MUSCAT Governorate of MUSCAT  (Muscat)Local: Muhafazah MASQAT : محافظة مسقط (ar)  (Musqat)
SHARQUIYAH SHARQUIYAH Region  (Sur)Local: Mintaqah ASH-SHARQIYYAH : منطقة الشرقية (ar)  (Sur)
WUSTA WUSTA Region [Central Region]  (Haima)Local: Mintaqah AL-WUSTA : منطقة الوسطى (ar)  (Hayma)


2 Condominiums:

AJMAN-OMAN AJMANO-OMANI Joint Administered Territory  (Aman-Oman)Local: AMAN-UMAN : عجمان عمان (ar)  (Aman-Uman)
DUBAI-OMAN Enclaves of DUBAI-OMAN  (Dubai-Oman)Local: DUBAYY-UMAN : دبي عمان (ar)  (Dubayy-Uman)




Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

MASIRAH American Air Base of MASIRAH  (Tent City)Local: American Air Base of MASIRAH (en) + Paygah Hwayy MASIRAH : پایگاه هوایی مصیره (ar)  (Tent City)
MUSCAT SALALAH AND AL KHASAB American Naval Bases of MUSCAT SALALAH AND AL KHASAB  (Muscat + Salalah + Khasab)Local: American Naval Bases of MUSCAT SALALAH AND AL KHASAB (en)  (Musqat + Salalah + Al-Khasab)
PAK-OMAN PAK-OMAN Defense Co-operation : Joint Programme Review Group  (Pak-Oman)Local: PAK-OMAN Defense Co-operation – Joint Programme Review Group : JPRG (en)  (Pak-Oman)
THAMARIT AND SIB American Air Bases of THAMARIT AND SIB  (Thumrait + Seeb)Local: Air Bases of THAMARIT AND AS SIB (en)  (Thamarit + As-Sib)

51 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


ARAB LEAGUE League of Arab States : ARAB LEAGUE  (Cairo)
ARAB UNITY Council of Arab Economic Unity : CAEU  (Cairo)
ASIA-AFRICA Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee : AALCC  (New Delhi)
CWC Convention on the Prohibition of the Development Production Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction : CWC  (Paris)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
GENEVA CONVENTION GENEVA Convention  (Geneva)
GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries]  (New York)
GULF STATES Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf : CCASG  (Riyadh)
HYDROGRAPHY International Hydrographic Organization : IHO  (Monaco)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency  (Rome)
ILO International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
IMO International Maritime Organization : IMO Specialized Agency  (London)
INDIAN OCEAN RIM Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation : IOR-ARC  (Port Louis)
INMARSAT International Mobile Satellite Organization : INMARSAT  (London)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : INTELSAT  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO  (Lyons)
ISESCO Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : ISESCO  (Rabat)
ISLAM Organization of the Islamic Conference : OIC  (Jedda)
ISLAMIC BANK Islamic Development Bank : IDB  (Jedda)
ISO International Organization for Standardization : ISO  (Geneva)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
NON-ALIGNED Non-Aligned Movement : NAM [Coordinating Bureau – Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation : NAM CSSTC]  (Cartagena of the Indies + New York + Jakarta)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
SEABED Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority : ISA  (Kingston)
TRIBUNAL OF THE SEA International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : ITLOS  (Hamburg)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC  (New York)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM  (New York)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHALING International Whaling Commission : IWC  (Impington)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WMO World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)


Other Territories or Entities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

MASIRAH American Air Base of MASIRAH  (Tent City)
MUSCAT SALALAH AND AL KHASAB American Naval Bases of MUSCAT SALALAH AND AL KHASAB  (Muscat + Salalah + Khasab)
PAK-OMAN PAK-OMAN Defense Co-operation : Joint Programme Review Group  (Pak-Oman)
THAMARIT AND SIB American Air Bases of THAMARIT AND SIB  (Thumrait + Seeb)
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