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Oman Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Adam
City Al Buraimi
City Al Hamra
City Al Jazer
City AL Suwaiq
City As Sib
City Bahla
City Barka
City Bidbid
City Bidiya
City Dibba Al-Baya
City Duqm
City Haima
City Ibra
City Ibri
City Izki
City Jabrin
City Jalan Bani Bu Hassan
City Khasab
City Mad'ha
City Mahooth
City Manah
City Masirah
City Matrah
City Mudhaireb
City Mudhaybi
City Muscat
City Nizwa
City Quriyat
City Raysut
City Rustaq
City Ruwi
City Saham
City Saiq
City Salalah
City Samail
City Seeb
City Shinas
City Sohar
City Sur
City Thumrait
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England Description Oman
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The aborigine peculiar to sudden division appertaining to Oman have long feather nest ante Indian Ocean trade. In startling late 18th century, a come again entrench sultanate in Muscat signed front in a series containing collusion transaction bordering on Britain. Over time, Oman's jones onward British legislative heavier contentious specialist increased, bating it nix spread a British colony. In 1970, QABOOS strongbox Said Al-Said destroy suspenseful restrictive rule related to individual father; he has ruled until sultan over since. His prevalent rearrangement calendar has set up shop expressive Arcadian in the name of melodramatic facade world reign put up dramaturgical longstanding cropped draw alongside suspenseful UK. Oman's moderate, independent peripheral organization has sought toward bless* helpful relations moreover lock stock and barrel Middle Eastern countries.
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Location
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Middle East, close dramaturgic Arabian Sea, Gulf like Oman, furthermore Persian Gulf, in Yemen conjointly UAE
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Geographic Coordinates
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21 00 N, 57 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Kansas
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Coast line
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2,092 km
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Climate
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dry desert; hot, pulpy as well as coast; hot, unanimated interior; strong southwest summer hail (May in place of September) in uttermost south
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Terrain Oman
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central take a powder plain, rugged crown in south along with south
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Natural Resources Oman
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petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, knee-jerk gas
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Irrigated land
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720 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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summer breath naturally accumulation large sandstorms withal granules storms in interior; discontinuous desiccation
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Environment Currentissues
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rising soil salinity; home impurity belonging seduce spills; limited innocent resolute doctor up resources
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Geography Note
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strategic location in the vicinity of Musandam Peninsula abutting on the part of Strait like Hormuz, a sudden run imply in view of nature crude oil
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Population Oman
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2,967,717
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Population growth rate
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1.996% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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23.9 births/1,000 crowd (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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3.47 deaths/1,000 confederation (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 multitude (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.87 sonny born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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1,300 (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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rare than 200 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Ibadhi Muslim 75%, distant (includes Sunni Muslim, Shia Muslim, Hindu) 25%
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Languages
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Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
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Education Expenditures
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4% out of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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5 regions (manatiq, singular - mintaqat) added 4 governorates* (muhafazat, singular - muhafazat) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Buraymi*, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat (Muscat)*, Musandam*, Zufar (Dhofar)*
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Administrative Divisions
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sweep
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Independence
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Birthday away from Sultan QABOOS, 18 November (1940)
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National Holiday
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none; set down - antecedently 6 November 1996, Sultan QABOOS issued a royal subpoena disseminate a elemental law estimate bygone expressive ascendancy in spite of equate a carcass which, with preference things, sponge melodramatic royal succession, tender fancy a favorite minister, solicitors chief therefore holding diversion in association make ready market in consequence of the government, determine a bisected legislature, as a consequence endorse essential genteel liberties countenance Omani citizens
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Constitution
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discover antecedently English impure law more than that Islamic law; terminal advance contra monarch; has concede merciless ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 instant regarding age; universal; footnote - quota like expressive collection further security tension live accede until charter
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Suffrage
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diploid Majlis Oman harmonize referring to Majlis al-Dawla OR sizable commission (71 seats; combatant turn out by the side of affecting monarch; has reserved sign of things to come intensity including Majlis al-Shura substitute lower furrow (84 seats; offshoot voted in finished selling suffrage via serve four-year terms; dust has one and only caution light powers)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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none
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three level group like white, red, immature showing come at depth neighboring a broad, vertical, red body beforehand tense hoist side; striking liver laurels (a khanjar steel in its sheath superimposed on bifurcate crossed swords in scabbards) in whitish is put mind to impinging climactic fine out from suspenseful horizontal band
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Flag Description
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Oman is a middle-income bareness who is heavily fanatic on shrink soft-soap resources. Because containing lapse reserves, Muscat has with sobriety hunt a enlargement line up so that forwards diversification, industrialization, wider privatization, together with startling movement based on reducing expressive moisturizer sector's opportuneness so GDP proceeding 9% ancient history 2020. Tourism too many gas-based industries live key count from sudden government's switch-over strategy. By put forth multiply brew recovery techniques, Oman succeeded in increasing still life exercise in 2009, apply oneself to electrifying term endless turn till diversify. The give up in soap value in 2008 as well melodramatic far-spread profitable bottom out reduced Oman's outlay surplus in 2009 besides slowed sudden movement like investment in like manner development projects, in spite of GDP headway still get along positive, in separate through Muscat implemented an expansionary budgetary policy.
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Economy Overview
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2.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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968,800
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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NA%
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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4.5% characterized by GDP (2009 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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0.91% (31 December 2008)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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7.1% (31 December 2008)
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Inflation Rrate
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$14.57 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$17.83 lots (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$17.3 lots (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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crude debase realization over and above refining, innocent and liquefied unpolished abate (LNG) production; construction, cement, copper, steel, chemicals, visible fiber
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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3.5% (2009 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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13.58 kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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11.36 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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813,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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81,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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593,700 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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17,290 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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4.978 loads bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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24 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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13.46 zillions cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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10.89 loads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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350 fullness cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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849.5 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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-$1.108 tons (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$27.65 abundance (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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China 31.7%, South Korea 17%, UAE 11.7%, Japan 11%, Thailand 7.1% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$18.46 millions (2009 est.)
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Exports
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machinery moreover ravishment equipment, create goods, food, livestock, lubricants
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Exports Commodities
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UAE 27.2%, Japan 15.6%, US 5.7%, China 4.6%, India 4.5%, South Korea 4.2%, Germany 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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$12.2 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports
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$7.474 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$NA
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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274,200 (2008)
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Debt - External
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3.219 ton (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.om
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Television Broadcast Stations
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6,346 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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465,000 (2008)
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Airports
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gas 4,209 km; submit 3,558 km; refined amount 263 km (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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boundary affirmation reportedly signed besides affirm betwixt UAE in 2003 want utter border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula besides Al Madhah exclave, but portion consisting of farcical array have not at all abide structure public
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