How much of Guinea-Bissau did the PAIGC control before independence?

By the time independence was declared in 1973, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) had gained control of approximately two-thirds of the country.1

During this period, the Portuguese colonial army was largely restricted to major towns and heavily fortified bases, as the PAIGC's rurally based armed struggle successfully challenged the colonial regime's authority across the majority of the territory.1