Oman

Oman

Oman ranks 171st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Curaçao, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Memorable people born in present day Oman include Qaboos bin Said al Said, Haitham bin Tariq, and Said bin Taimur. Memorable people who died in Oman include Qaboos bin Said al Said and Avicii. Oman has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and musicians.

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in West Asia. It is located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and overlooks the mouth of the Persian Gulf. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, while sharing maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan. The capital and largest city is Muscat. Oman has a population of nearly 4.7 million and is the 124th most-populous country. The coast faces the Arabian Sea on the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by United Arab Emirates on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries. Read more on Wikipedia