Liberated Areas (Oman)

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The Liberated Areas[2] (Arabic: المناطق المحررة) were the areas that used to be under the effective control of the Dhofar Liberation Front, the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG), and later the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman.

CapitalRakhyut (1969)
Dhofar (1971)[1]
EstablishmentDhofar rebellion
Total
99,300 km2 (38,300 sq mi)
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Liberated Areas
المناطِق المُحرّرة (Arabic)
al-Manāṭiq al-Muḥrarā
1969–Unknown
Flag of Liberated Areas (Oman)
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Map of the Liberated Areas in 1971
Map of the Liberated Areas in 1971
StatusQuasi-state
CapitalRakhyut (1969)
Dhofar (1971)[1]
EstablishmentDhofar rebellion
History 
 Established
August 1969
 Disestablished
Unknown
Area
 Total
99,300 km2 (38,300 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Muscat and Oman
Oman
Today part ofSultanate of Oman
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Territorial control

In August 1969, the movement captured the coastal town of Rakhyut,[3] which served as the capital of their liberated zone for several years. By 1970, PFLOAG had control of the entire Dhofar region except for the desert and narrow coastal strip of Salalah.[4]

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