Welcome to everyone in my blog “Discovering Oman”. My name is S.AlMaawali. I am Omani. My blog is about Oman. Oman has many tourist places, I will show you some of them. I hope you like them and I am pleased to see your comments and your experiences.
Before that, I will give you general information about Oman. Oman officially called the Sultanate of Oman. It is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest and also shares a marine border with Iran. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast.
Oman is Muslim country, it includes Ibadi Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Shia Muslims. Arabic is the official language of Oman
The Sultanate is administratively divided into eleven governorates. They are in turn divided into 61 wilayats. The government are: Ad Dakhiliyah, Ad Dhahirah North, Al Batinah North, Al Batinah South, Al Buraimi, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah North, Ash Sharqiyah South, Dhofar, Mascat, and Musandam. Muscat is the capital city of Oman.
To know more information about Omani Geography and Geology, please visit this link
http://www.omanet.om/english/geo/geog.asp
