Oman

Sultanat Oman is had on a southeast tip of Arabian peninsula. In the north bounds with Merged Arab Emirates , in the northwest - with Saudi Arabia , in the west - with Yemen . The square - 212  thousand sq. km (boundary lines in the west pass across deserts and accurately are not marked out). The population - 1,7  million persons, in the core - Arabs. Capital and the important trading port - Muscat (85  thousand inhabitants). The Official language - Arabian. The state religion - Islam.

The Country which has been had on shipping lanes from Iraq and Egypt in India , already in IV - III millenaries began to play B.C. the important intermediary role in trade of Southwest and Southern Asia.

Natural landscapes Oman are rather diverse. In the northeast, coast-wise gulf of Oman, the narrow strip drew through bayshore plain the Ale-batina - the most mastered and densely stocked part of the country. Extensive space to the west of plain mounts occupy the Ale-hadzhar-ale-garbi and mounts the Ale-ahdar to the south of which the Omansky plateau (average altitude - 500 places. The plateau is spotted vadi (valleys of time stream flows), and over its central part tower konusovidnye educations of a vulcanic parentage.

On the plateau the vegetation has character of savannah and senisavanna, among arbours acacias and drakonovoe an arbour predominate. To the west and to the south of the Omansky plateau desert with a rare plant cover from deserted assemblages overtops. Mounts appear again in the extreme south of the country - in Dofare.

the Climate in Oman tropical, hot. The city of Muscat is reputed as the most hot city in the world. Average temperature of June in him more 32  °C. Especially exhausting heat happens in Oman in the spring and in the beginning of summer when winds from desert the Rub-ale-hali blow.

Nearby 80 % of the population of the country bunks at a countryside. The total area of cultivated lands is insignificant - nearby 40  thousand in hectares. Main farming areas are plain the Ale-batina, neritic plain Dofara and vadi an intrinsic part of Oman. The important place in agriculture is occupied with gardening and animal husbandry. Last decades in a national economy the petroleum industry began to play a leading role.