Sultanate of Oman

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Sultanate of Oman
سلطنة عُمان
Flag of Sultanate of Oman
Flag
Coat of arms of Sultanate of Oman
Coat of arms
Location of Sultanate of Oman
Capital
and largest city
Muscat
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentAbsolute 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

  1. Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Mecca' (p. 265). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]