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Ajdabiya
Al Wahat, Libya · Africa
About Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya sits on the route: 30 minutes from Az Zuwaytīnah.
Ajdabiya is in Al Wahat, Libya, with about 130,000 people. The nearest town is Az Zuwaytīnah, about 24 km away.
Ajdabiya ( AHJ-də-BEE-ə; Arabic: أجدابيا, romanized: Aǧdābiyā) is a town in and capital of the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya. It is some 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Benghazi. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of and capital of the Ajdabiya District. The town is divided into three Basic People's Congresses:Read more
North Ajdabiya, West Ajdabiya and East Ajdabiya.
During the Libyan Civil War, the city changed hands several times between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces, with the anti-Gaddafi forces finally securing the town in April 2011. As many civilians had fled the fighting, one March 2011 report described the city as a "ghost town."
Later, during the Second Libyan Civil War, the city was seized by the Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council until it was taken over by the Libyan National Army on 21 February 2016.
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Ajdabiya is in Al Wahat, Libya, about 24 km from Az Zuwaytīnah.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 131,773
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Libya
- Region
- Al Wahat
- Timezone
- Africa/Tripoli
- Coordinates
- 30.7554, 20.2263
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