Salalah is located approximately 600km south of the capital, Muscat, and lies at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, on the Indian Ocean.
Oman is located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Oman Detailed Information - Country Study Oman was under Portuguese occupation, until they were expelled from Muscat in 1650. 1804-1856 was the period when Oman reached its zenith as a regional power with possessions on both sides of the Gulf and in East Africa. Oman remained largely isolated from the rest of the world until, in 1970, Sultan Qaboos came to power. His reign was the beginning of a new era that opened a new chapter of development, prosperity and social and economic progress. Oman s economy has been transformed by the export of oil since 1967.