FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:
1.4 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)

Televisions:
1.6 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.om

Internet hosts:
726 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
180,000 (2002)

Transportation Oman

Highways:
total: 34,965 km
paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)

Pipelines:
gas 3,754 km; oil 3,212 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 15,430 GRT/6,360 DWT
by type: passenger 2
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports:
135 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 130
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 35 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Oman

Military branches:
Royal Omani Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 796,792 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 443,006 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 31,274 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$242.07 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
11.4% (2003)

Transnational Issues Oman

Disputes - international:
boundary agreement signed and ratified with UAE in 2003 for entire
border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Pacific Ocean

Introduction Pacific Ocean

Background:
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans
(followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and
Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the
La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres
Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization
in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean,
removed the portion