Mirbat
Sign in to saveMirbat () is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. In 2020, the town had a population of 9,886, while the wilayat as a whole had a population of 16,364. It was the site of the 1972 Battle of Mirbat between Communist guerrillas and the armed forces of the Sultan of Oman and their British Special Air Service advisers.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mirbat
- Settlement.other_name
- Mirbāţ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mirbat8.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- One of Mirbat's several dilapidated Yemeni-style mud-brick structures
- Settlement.image_map
- 280px|The wilayat of Mirbat in the Dhofar Governorate in Oman filled in red.
- Settlement.map_caption
- The wilayat of Mirbat in the Dhofar Governorate
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Oman
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- below
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Oman
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dhofar Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020-12-12
- Settlement.population_note
- (16,364 including the entire wilayat)
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Mirbat () is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. In 2020, the town had a population of 9,886, while the wilayat as a whole had a population of 16,364. It was the site of the 1972 Battle of Mirbat between Communist guerrillas and the armed forces of the Sultan of Oman and their British Special Air Service advisers.
Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of frankincense in ancient times, to places as far away as China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mirbat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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