Oman–Yemen border
The Oman–Yemen border is 294 km (183 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Saudi Arabia in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.[1]
Description
The border consists essentially of a single straight line orientated NW-SE, from the Saudi tripoint down to the Arabian Sea coast at Ras Darbat Ali. The exception is a small triangular 'kink' roughly halfway along the boundary line, which juts into Yemen so as to include the town of Habarut within Oman. Topographically the border traverses the Rub' al Khali desert in the north and the Jabal Qamar in the Dhofar Mountains in the south.
History
The far east of what is today Yemen historically formed the
In 1962-3 Aden colony was split into the
Following the collapse of the Communist government in South Yemen, and the subsequent unification with North Yemen in 1990, a border agreement between Oman and Yemen was signed on 1 October 1992 which finalised the frontier at its current position.
Border Crossings
There are two main crossings: at Shahan (YEM)-Al-Mazyunah (OMN) in the north, and Hawf (YEM)-Sarfait (OMN) in the south.[12]
See also
- Oman-Yemen relations
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook – Oman, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ Yahya al-Sewari (5 July 2019), Yemen's Al-Mahra: From Isolation to the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm, Sana’a Centre for Strategic Studies, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout (2015). A History of Modern Oman. Cambridge University Press. p. 134.
- ^ "Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [22v] (44/200)". Qatar Digital Library. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ "Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [22v] (44/200)". Qatar Digital Library. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ Yahya al-Sewari (5 July 2019), Yemen's Al-Mahra: From Isolation to the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm, Sana’a Centre for Strategic Studies, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ US DOS – Oman, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ US DOS – Oman, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/OMN-YEM1992IB.PDF[bare URL PDF]
- ^ US DOS – Oman, retrieved 30 March 2020
- ^ Controversial shift seen in Oman's role in Yemen, Arab Weekly, 30 September 2018, retrieved 7 April 2020
- ^ Daniel McLaughlin (2007) Bradt Travel Guide - Yemen, pgs. 45