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I am from Muscat! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.178.137.236 (talk) 10:04, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 History 2 Persian Gulf 3 Population 4 Correct pronunciation 5 Transportation

[edit] History

Wasn't Muscat once part of Pakistan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.143.61.134 (talk) 18:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Persian Gulf

"Arabian Gulf" is the newly invented term that Pan-Arabs have been using in place of Persian Gulf since early 1960s. The correct names from west to east are: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hourmoz, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean. Please refrain from reverting again.

[edit] Population

In the text, it sais the population is 880 200, in the infobox it says 646 024. / Habj 01:33, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Correct pronunciation

Could someone add a note to indicate where the stress falls in "Muscat", as I think the correct stress is on the first syllabble (MUScat), but many people like to put the stress on the second (musCAT). Could someone clarify this please.

• To my ear, native pronunciation of Musqat has a very slightly greater emphasis upon the second syllable. However, as is the case in many languages including Arabic it is common for no single syllable to be stressed more than any other in a given word.

Corrected the place names .Bharatveer 04:23, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Who wrote the IPA transcription of Muscat? I am curious, because it does not match the Arabic spelling of the name - unless the (Classical) Arabic spelling (which I would have assumed would be pronounced [mʌsqʌt^ʕ]) is not faithful to the local pronunciation of the name in Oman. --SameerKhan 07:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transportation

The writing style looks very much that of a tourist guide map than an encyclopedic article. Bharatveer 11:56, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Particularly the last line. "Large lanes"? Mashford 20:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)