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World Gazetteer Results for al-Bāţinah:
Nameal-Bāţinah
Original Namesالباطنة
Geographical TypeMinţaqah
Population668618
CountryOman
Dictionary Results for Oman:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Oman
    n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
         eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
         dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat
         and Oman]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Oman

   Introduction Oman
   -----------------
                            Background: In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said
                                        ousted his father and has ruled as
                                        sultan ever since. His extensive
                                        modernization program has opened the
                                        country to the outside world and has
                                        preserved a long-standing political
                                        and military relationship with the
                                        UK. Oman's moderate, independent
                                        foreign policy has sought to
                                        maintain good relations with all
                                        Middle Eastern countries.
  
   Geography Oman
   --------------
                              Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian
                                        Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf,
                                        between Yemen and UAE
                Geographic coordinates: 21 00 N, 57 00 E
                        Map references: Middle East
                                  Area: total: 212,460 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 212,460 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,374 km
                                        border countries: Saudi Arabia 676
                                        km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km
                             Coastline: 2,092 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: dry desert; hot, humid along coast;
                                        hot, dry interior; strong southwest
                                        summer monsoon (May to September) in
                                        far south
                               Terrain: central desert plain, rugged
                                        mountains in north and south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, copper, asbestos, some
                                        marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum,
                                        natural gas
                              Land use: arable land: 0.08%
                                        permanent crops: 0.22%
                                        other: 99.7% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 620 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: summer winds often raise large
                                        sandstorms and dust storms in
                                        interior; periodic droughts
          Environment - current issues: rising soil salinity; beach
                                        pollution from oil spills; very
                                        limited natural fresh water
                                        resources
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Ship Pollution, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: strategic location on Musandam
                                        Peninsula adjacent to Strait of
                                        Hormuz, a vital transit point for
                                        world crude oil
  
   People Oman
   -----------
                            Population: 2,713,462
                                        note: includes 527,078 non-nationals
                                        (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 579,065;
                                        female 556,923)
                                        15-64 years: 55.7% (male 914,494;
                                        female 597,948)
                                        65 years and over: 2.4% (male
                                        34,555; female 30,477) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 3.41% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 37.76 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 4.03 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.53 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.13 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.29 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 21.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.31 years
                                        female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.15 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.99 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.11% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Omani(s)
                                        adjective: Omani
                         Ethnic groups: Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian,
                                        Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi),
                                        African
                             Religions: Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim,
                                        Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
                             Languages: Arabic (official), English, Baluchi,
                                        Urdu, Indian dialects
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: approaching 80%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Oman
   ---------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Sultanate of
                                        Oman
                                        conventional short form: Oman
                                        local long form: Saltanat Uman
                                        former: Muscat and Oman
                                        local short form: Uman
                       Government type: monarchy
                               Capital: Muscat
              Administrative divisions: 6 regions (mintaqat, singular -
                                        mintaqah) and 2 governorates*
                                        (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) Ad
                                        Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta,
                                        Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat,
                                        Musandam*, Zufar*; note - the US
                                        Embassy in Oman reports that Masqat
                                        is a governorate, but this has not
                                        been confirmed by the US Board on
                                        Geographic Names (BGN)
                          Independence: 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)
                      National holiday: Birthday of Sultan QABOOS, 18
                                        November (1940)
                          Constitution: none; note - on 6 November 1996,
                                        Sultan QABOOS issued a royal decree
                                        promulgating a new basic law which,
                                        among other things, clarifies the
                                        royal succession, provides for a
                                        prime minister, bars ministers from
                                        holding interests in companies doing
                                        business with the government,
                                        establishes a bicameral legislature,
                                        and guarantees basic civil liberties
                                        for Omani citizens
                          Legal system: based on English common law and
                                        Islamic law; ultimate appeal to the
                                        monarch; has not accepted compulsory
                                        ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: in Oman's most recent elections in
                                        2000, limited to approximately
                                        175,000 Omanis chosen by the
                                        government to vote in elections for
                                        the Majlis ash-Shura
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Sultan and Prime
                                        Minister QABOOS bin Said Al Said
                                        (since 23 July 1970); note - the
                                        monarch is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        head of government: Sultan and Prime
                                        Minister QABOOS bin Said Al Said
                                        (since 23 July 1970); note - the
                                        monarch is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        monarch
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Majlis Oman consists of an
                                        upper chamber or Majlis al-Dawla (48
                                        seats; members appointed by the
                                        monarch; has advisory powers only)
                                        and a lower chamber or Majlis al-
                                        Shura (83 seats; members elected by
                                        limited suffrage for three-year
                                        term, however, the monarch makes
                                        final selections and can negate
                                        election results; body has some
                                        limited power to propose
                                        legislation, but otherwise has only
                                        advisory powers)
                                        elections: last held NA September
                                        2000 (next to be held NA September
                                        2003)
                                        election results: NA; note - two
                                        women were elected for the first
                                        time to the Majlis al-Shura, about
                                        100,000 people voted
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court
                                        note: the nascent civil court
                                        system, administered by region, has
                                        non-Islamic judges as well as
                                        traditional Islamic judges
         Political parties and leaders: none
          Political pressure groups and none
                               leaders:
             International organization ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF, CCC, ESCWA,
                         participation: FAO, G-77, GCC, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
                                        IDB, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent),
                                        ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed
                                        Ali AL KHUSAIBY
                                        chancery: 2535 Belmont Road, NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 387-1980
                                        through 1981, 1988
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 745-4933
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires
                                    US: Robert W. DRY
                                        embassy: Jameat A'Duwal Al Arabiya
                                        Street, Al Khuwair area, Muscat
                                        mailing address: international: P.
                                        O. Box 202, P.C. 115, Madinat Al-
                                        Sultan Qaboos, Muscat
                                        telephone: [968] 698989
                                        FAX: [968] 699189
                      Flag description: three horizontal bands of white,
                                        red, and green of equal width with a
                                        broad, vertical, red band on the
                                        hoist side; the national emblem (a
                                        khanjar dagger in its sheath
                                        superimposed on two crossed swords
                                        in scabbards) in white is centered
                                        at the top of the vertical band
  
   Economy Oman
   ------------
                    Economy - overview: Oman's economic performance improved
                                        significantly in 2000 due largely to
                                        the upturn in oil prices. The
                                        government is moving ahead with
                                        privatization of its utilities, the
                                        development of a body of commercial
                                        law to facilitate foreign
                                        investment, and increased budgetary
                                        outlays. Oman continues to
                                        liberalize its markets and joined
                                        the World Trade Organization (WTrO)
                                        in November 2000. GDP growth
                                        improved in 2001 despite the global
                                        slowdown.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $21.5
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 7.4% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $8,200
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3%
                                        industry: 40%
                                        services: 57% (1999 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 920,000 (2002 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%,
                                        services NA%
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $9.2 billion
                                        expenditures: $6.9 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: crude oil production and refining,
                                        natural gas production,
                                        construction, cement, copper
     Industrial production growth rate: 4% (2000 est.)
              Electricity - production: 8.1 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 7.533 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa,
                                        vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
                               Exports: $10.9 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: petroleum, reexports, fish, metals,
                                        textiles
                    Exports - partners: Japan 21%, Thailand 18%, China 16%,
                                        South Korea 12%, UAE 12%, US 3%
                                        (2001)
                               Imports: $5.4 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        manufactured goods, food, livestock,
                                        lubricants
                    Imports - partners: UAE 23% (largely reexports), Japan
                                        16%, UK 13%, Italy 7%, Germany 5%,
                                        US 5% (2001)
                       Debt - external: $5.3 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $76.4 million (1995)
                              Currency: Omani rial (OMR)
                         Currency code: OMR
                        Exchange rates: Omani rials per US dollar - 0.3845
                                        (fixed rate since 1986)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Oman
   -------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 201,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 59,822 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern system
                                        consisting of open wire, microwave,
                                        and radiotelephone communication
                                        stations; limited coaxial cable
                                        domestic: open wire, microwave,
                                        radiotelephone communications, and a
                                        domestic satellite system with 8
                                        earth stations
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
                                        and 1 Arabsat
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
                                Radios: 1.4 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters)
                                        (1999)
                           Televisions: 1.6 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .om
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 90,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Oman
   -------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 32,800 km
                                        paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of
                                        expressways)
                                        unpaved: 22,960 km (1996)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas
                                        1,030 km
                     Ports and harbors: Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut
                       Merchant marine: total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 17,291 GRT/9,457 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1,
                                        passenger/cargo 1
                                        note: includes a foreign-owned ship
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Singapore 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 143 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 6
                                        over 3,047 m: 4
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 137
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 38
                                        under 914 m: 36 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 54
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Oman
   -------------
                     Military branches: Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army,
                                        Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani Police
      Military manpower - military age: 14 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 780,292 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 434,026 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 26,470 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $2,424.4 million (FY01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 12.2% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Oman
   -------------------------
               Disputes - international: Oman signed a boundary treaty with
                                         the UAE in 1999, but the completed
                                         boundary is not expected until the
                                         end of 2002; undefined segments of
                                         the Oman-UAE boundary remain with
                                         Ra's al-Khaymah and Ash Shariqah
                                         (Sharjah) emirates, including the
                                         Musandam Peninsula, where an
                                         administrative boundary substitutes
                                         for an international boundary
  
                                       



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