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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...aragua 180 Niger 182 Nigeria 183 Niue IS I Norfolk Island 1 S5 Norway 186 jO Oman 188 P Pakistan 189 Panama 191 Papua New Guinea 193 Paraguay 194 Peru... ...force: 35. 1 million (FY86); extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait; 74% of labor force is in agriculture, 15% services, 11%... ...tary age (18) annually 115 Iran See regional map VI Bandar Gull Boheihti of Oman Geography Total area: 1,648,000 km 2 ; land area: 1,636,000km 2 Comp... ... Continental shelf: not specific Exclusive fishing zone: 50 nm in the Sea of Oman; median-line boundaries in the Persian Gulf Territorial sea: 12 nm B... ...waterways: 1,577 km; 1.5-2.4 m draft vessels maximum 187 Norway (continued) Oman Pipelines: refined products, 53 km Ports: 9 major, 69 minor Civil ai... ...an Type: absolute monarchy; independent, with residual UK influence Capital: Muscat Administrative divisions: 1 province (Dhofar), 2 governorates (Mus... ... Administrative divisions: 1 province (Dhofar), 2 governorates (Musandam and Muscat), and numerous districts (wilayats) Legal system: based on English...

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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

...as no land in sight. Its course was N.N.E., in the direction of the Sea of Oman, between Arabia and the Indian Peninsula, which serves as an outlet to... ...” For four days, till the 3rd of February, the Nautilus scoured the Sea of Oman, at various speeds and at vari- ous depths. It seemed to go at random,... ... but we never passed the Tropic of Cancer. In quitting this sea we sighted Muscat for an instant, one of the most important towns of the country of Om... ...d Muscat for an instant, one of the most important towns of the country of Oman. I admired its strange aspect, surrounded by black rocks upon which it...

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...e. A hermit, for whom she had offered to build a convent, answered her, ‘W oman, God is not served by shedding innocent blood and by building convents... ...stward has a little island in it, and both gulf and islet are called Marza Muscat. The gulf to the east, called the Grand Port, was again divided by t... ...planted a battery of four guns on the point guarding the entrance of Marza Muscat, the other gulf, and the spot has ever since been called Dragut’s Po...

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

...ems of the body only, but of the soul, O I say now these are the soul! A W OMAN W AITS FOR M E A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is l... ...hiva and those of Herat, Leaves of Grass –Whitman 150 I see Teheran, I see Muscat and Medina and the intervening sands, see the caravans toiling onw...

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