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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Arabian Peninsula : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1961
 * Cities in Oman at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Oman at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Oman at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Oman at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Oman at Places in the world
 * List of Oman Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Oman at WorldAtlas
 * NIS Gazetteer - Arabian Peninsula at Central Intelligence Agency
 * Oman - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Oman Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Oman Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Oman: Governorates, Districts, Cities, Towns, Localities - Population at City Population
 * Oman, official standard names approved by the United States Board of Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Topographic Center, 1976
 * Outline of Oman at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Oman at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Oman at WorldAtlas
 * Schools in Oman at Wikipedia
 * Universities and colleges in Oman at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Oman: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names May M. Hourani, Charles M. Heyda, United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1983
 * Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia online John Gordon Lorimer, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2020

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)