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Transportation of Oman

Airports:137 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 6
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 131
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 35 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 4,072 km; oil 3,405 km (2006)
Roadways:total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (includes 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
Merchant marine:total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 10,797 GRT/5,040 DWT
by type: passenger 1
registered in other countries: 2 (Kazakhstan 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Mina' Qabus, Salalah

Oman Quickstats

  • Population: 3,204,897
  • Area: 212,460 sq km
  • Density: 8.3 /km² (211th)
  • GDP (total): $40.923 million (85th)
  • GDP (per capita): $14,100 (41st)
  • Literacy: 81.4%

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  • Currency: Rial (OMR)
  • Dial code: +968

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