Oman

Capital: Muscat

The Hajar Mountains split Oman into an interior region and a coastal region. Jebel Akhdar is part of this range.
The prayer hall carpet of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat weighs 21 tonnes and has 1.7 million knots. The mosque was completed in 2001.
Boswellia sacra trees grow in Dhofar, and the Frankincense Trail was listed by UNESCO in 2000 and renamed the Land of Frankincense in 2005.
In Salalah, the khareef monsoon runs from June to September and turns the landscape lush and green.

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