Passport card
Sultanate of Oman
Oman
- Capital
- Muscat
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Omani rial
- Languages
- Arabic
- People
- About 50 lakh
- Size
- About 3.2 lakh km²
- Leader
- Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
- Ruling family since
- 1744
- Time
- 1½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 10:30 am in Muscat
⭐ Oman is the Arab country closest to India; Muscat is a short flight from Mumbai.
Your Oman stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Oman
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Oman
Turn the globe with your finger. Oman has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Oman and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 10 times the size of Oman.
- PeopleIndia has about 290 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 50 lakh in Oman.
- DistanceMuscat is about 1,900 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeOman is 1½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 10:30 am in Muscat.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Oman, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Oman
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Oman's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Oman back on the map
Oman and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Oman worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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