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| Sultanate of Oman سلطنة عُمان | |
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| Capital and largest city | Muscat |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Absolute monarchy |
| Area | |
• Total | 309,500 km² |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 4,520,471 |
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a bourgeois monarchist state located on the Arabian Peninsula.
History
After its 1962 nationalist revolution, Yemen supported the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman, which led a rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman. Saudi Arabia funded Oman to fight against the rebels.[1]
References
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Mecca' (p. 265). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]