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Sultanate of Oman
Saltanat Uman
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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201,000 (1997) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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59,822 (1997) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system consisting of open wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable
domestic: open wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999) |
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Radios:
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1.4 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999) |
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Televisions:
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1.6 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.om |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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120,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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0 km |
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Highways:
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total: 32,800 km
paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,960 km (1996) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas 1,030 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,291 GRT/9,457 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1 note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Singapore 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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143 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 6
over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 133
914 to 1,523 m: 37 under 914 m: 32 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 55 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Royal Omani Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Royal Omani Police |
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Military manpower - military age:
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14 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 780,292 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 434,026 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 26,470 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$2,424.4 million (FY01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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12.2% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Oman signed a boundary treaty with the UAE in 1999, but the completed boundary is not expected until the end of 2002; undefined segments of the Oman-UAE boundary remain with Ra's al-Khaymah and Ash Shariqah (Sharjah) emirates, including the Musandam Peninsula, where an administrative boundary substitutes for an international boundary |