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   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 29th May 2021

In Arabic:

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   14:32

In Balochi:

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   14:32

The national language is Standard Arabic . There are 70 000 speakers of Dhofari Spoken Arabic ; 441 000 of Gulf Spoken Arabic ; 720 000 of Omani Spoken Arabic ; 130 300 of Southern Balochi ; 1 000 of Bathari ; 25 000 of Western Farsi ; 700 of Harsusi ; several hundreds of Hobyot ; 25 000 of Jibbali ; 3 000 of Kumzari (on the Musandram Peninsula only); 5 000 of Luwati and 15 000 of Mehri .

Omani company legal forms include:

   SAOC - Société Anonyme Omanaise Close – Closed joint stock company
   SAOG - Société Anonyme Omanaise Générale – Public joint stock company

   Contact name
   P.O. Box 615
   111
   MUSQAŢ

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written PO Box. C.P.O. Box may also be found.

   Note: This section last updated 15th November 2015

The postal code (الرمز البريدي) consists of a block of 3 digits written on the address line above the place name. The first digit (between 1 and 8) indicates the governorate, the last two the post office. The first digit of the postal code for each governorate is:

   Ad Dakhiliyah 6
   Ad Dhahirah 5 (shared with Al Buraimi)
   Al Batinah North 3 (shared with Al Batinah South)
   Al Batinah South 3 (shared with Al Batinah North)
   Al Buraymi 5 (shared with Ad Dhahirah)
   Al Wusta 7
   Ash Sharqiyah North 4 (shared with Ash Sharquiyah South)
   Ash Sharqiyah South 4 (shared with Ash Sharquiyah North)
   Dhofar 2
   Musqaţ 1
   Musandam 8

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Oman - Postal code format

Oman - Postal code specifics

Oman - Postal code regular expression

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Oman - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 22nd February 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Oman for full lists of place names in Oman in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 15th November 2015

Oman has 11 governorates (muhafazah, singular – muhafazat):

    Ad Dakhiliyah   
    Ad Dhahirah   
    Al Batinah North   
    Al Batinah South  
    Al Buraymi   
    Al Wusta   
    Ash Sharqiyah North   
    Ash Sharqiyah South   
    Dhofar   
    Musqaţ   
    Musandam   

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   Note: This section last updated 21st August 2024

Omani telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers begin with the number ranges 71-72, 76-79 and 901-99.