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Government
Long-form name: Sultanate of Oman.
Type: absolute monarchy; independent, with residual UK influence.
Capital: Muscat.
Administrative divisions: none.
Independence: 1650, expulsion of the Portuguese.
Constitution: none.
Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic law;
ultimate appeal to the sultan; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction.
Executive branch: sultan, Cabinet, State Consultative Assembly.
Legislative branch: none.
Judicial branch: none; traditional Islamic judges and a
nascent civil court system.
National holiday: National Day, 18 November.
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--Sultan and
Prime Minister QABOOS bin Said Al Said (since 23 July 1970).
Political parties: none.
Suffrage: none.
Elections: none.
Other political or pressure groups: outlawed Popular Front
for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO), based in South Yemen;
small, clandestine Shia fundamentalist groups are active.
Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GCC, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Awadh Bader AL-SHANFARI;
Chancery at 2342 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC
20008; telephone (202) 387-1980 through 1982; US--Ambassador
Richard BOEHM; Embassy at address NA, Muscat (mailing address
is P.O. Box 966, Muscat); telephone 738-231 or 738-006.
Flag: three horizontal bands of white (top, double width),
red, and green (double width) with a broad, vertical, red
band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger
in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards)
in white is centered at the top of the vertical band.