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Country: Oman
Capital: Muscat
Area: 309,500 sq km, with
3,165km of coastline.
Population: 2.33 Million.
Geography:
Plains, wadis, mountains, sandy and stony deserts. A diverse
landscape ranges from the barren fjords of Musandam in the
extreme north to the lush, green hills of Dhofar in the far
south.
Climate: Muscat is hot and
humid from late March until September and plesantly warm
with cool evenings the rest of the year. Around Salalah, the
second largest city, humid weather with temperatures of 30
degrees Celcius is common even in December, and the area is
drenched by the monsoon rains from June to September.
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