In addition there were an estimated 350,000 expatriate workers in 1992.
Oman is bordered to the west by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Yemen.
The Musandam Peninsula forms a coastal enclave on the Strait of Hormuz. The Hajir Mountains divide the land stretching from the Musandam Peninsula to the southeast. To the west lies the fertile narrow plain of the Batinah coast dominated by the Jebel Akhdar. Dhofar in the south, which is divided from the north by a desert, has a coastal plain beyond which are mountains. Out to sea are the Kuria Muria Islands.