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Mirbat
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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.

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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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Official name
مرباط
Population
17305
Image
Mirbat8.jpg
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Commons category
Mirbat
native label
مرباط
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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.

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