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   ocr: OMAN 4 n Official Name: Sultanate of Oman Capital: Muscat tir Population: 1.6 Language: million Arabic Currency: Omani rial 0f Oman Official SHARING BORDERS WITH YEMEN, the United MUSCAT Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Omanis the secondlargest country on the Arabian - d Peninsula. Itis the least developed of the Persian Gulf states and the majority of Omanis live in Rartatant) rural areas. The most densely populated areas Hahibah 00 are the northern coast and the southern flalalah plain. Oil exports have given Omanmodest prosperity under a paternalistic Sultan, who defeated a Marxist-led: insu ...