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"Glittering crescent on the Gulf of Oman, Matrah beckons west of Muscat, the capital. Most places are now reachable by motor vehicle; as recently as 1970 the nation had only six miles [9.7 kilometers] of paved road."
—From "Oman," May 1995, National Geographic magazine
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