General Information, Oman
Oman
| General | Travel
| Visas | Locations | Maps,
books | Geology | Snapshots
Bandar Khayran | Jabal
Akhdar | Masirah | Mountains
| Musandam | Salalah | Seifa
| Wadi Mistal | Wahibah
Index to links
General reference sources
Internet guides in Oman
and the Middle East online services
For investors government services for inward
investment, banking, business, Oman Economic Review, searchable news archive
Natural history and resources
whales, turtles, corals
Weather forecasts
Personal sites sites built by other people
These links will open in a separate window. Rather than try to list everything, I've tried to choose what I think would be the most relevant links for a potential visitor to Oman, but there's lots out there that could be overlooked, for which I apologize.
Click here to find the geographic coordinates and current time in Muscat, the capital of Oman.
General reference
Oman Studies Centre for the most complete listing I have found to Oman reference sources on the 'Net
Ministry of Information
official government site
From Hejleh.com
a useful introduction
Library of Congress study
but dates from the early 1990s
Encyclopedia of the Orient
click on Oman in the index in the left hand frame. I thought it looked
generally interesting for the Middle East as a whole.
CIA
Factbook for statistics
World Travel
Guide visas, travel, maps, the lot! but is slightly dated
Oman Today for
up to date information on in-country services, telephone numbers. A very
good place to start. Go to Oman essentials.
Internet
guides in Oman
These are Oman based Internet guides to what's on
in Oman. Some appear to be more up-to-date than others.
Oman
Access
Oman Info
Oman Telecommunications
(Omantel)
Oman Yellow
Pages
For investors
NBOmoney,
up-to-date share prices of MSM listed companies, market data, investors' corner
- parts of this site are a subscription service
OCIPED the Oman Centre for Investment
Promotion and Export Development
Ministry of Industry and
Commerce official government site
Ministry of
National Economy for government policy, with statistics
Muscat Securities Market
for stock exchange prices, can be a bit slow
Oman Chamber of Commerce
Central Bank of Oman
information and statistics on banking and the economy
Oman
Country Analysis Report by the US Energy Administration, concise, up-to-date
Oman Economic Review
in-depth articles on economic issues and investment opportunities in Oman
Salalah Port one of the
world's top trans-shipment hubs and now a free trade zone
Business directories,
lists of businessmen and lawyers
News
highlights, political, economic, business and development news from Oman in a searchable archive
Natural history and resources
Ecology
of Oman many interesting articles on the environment of Oman
Aflaj
of Oman detailed and informative
Corals
of Oman an online transcript of the complete text thanks to Steve Coles who
made a three year study. The book, dated 1995, is now out of print.
Occasional
feature articles on Oman's environment from Oman Observer
Weather forecasts
In-country weather
forecasts are provided by the
Directorate-General of Civil
Aviation and Meteorology.
Yahoo! weather satellite image
| Muscat weather today from Yahoo! | Salalah weather today from Yahoo! |
Personal sites,
personal statements
Juland
bin Jaifer Al-Said's History of Oman, dated 1997. Concise history,
large yellow script on black background.
Nizwa.net by Rashid
Abdullah al-Yahyai
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