NationMaster - Omani Government statistics

Capital city	Muscat
Corruption	6.3		[28th of 160]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	41	...	[50th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	2	...	[164th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	2.4 %	...	[166th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	9	...	[100th of 171]
Status	absolute monarchy
Suffrage 21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote
Time required to build a warehouse > days	242 days	...	[50th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	598 days	...	[56th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	16 days	...	[140th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	34 days	...	[92nd of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	52 hours	...	[166th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	4 years	...	[44th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number	141,175	...	[40th of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents	1,418	...	[53rd of 99]
Trademarks, residents	220	...	[76th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International boundary agreement reportedly signed and ratified with UAE in 2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah exclave, but details of the alignment have not been made public
United Nations mission http://www.omanet.com/ http://www.etectonics.com/oman/omanworld_foreign.asp
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Kalorama Heights

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Saltanat Uman, Uman

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