Oman

Oman

Oman ranks 164th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fiji, The Gambia, and French Guiana. 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, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. 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 on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The capital and largest city is Muscat. Oman has a population of about 5.28 million as of 2024, which is a 4.60% population increase from 2023. and is the 123rd 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