Qasr Abu Hadi
Qasr Abu Hadi
قصر ابو هادي | |
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Village | |
  Qasr Abu Hadi Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°03′34″N 16°39′32″E / 31.05944°N 16.65889°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| District | Sirte |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 4,890 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.[1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.[2]
References
- ^ "World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
- ^ https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580161-muammar-qaddafis-hometown-band-loyalists-flaunt-his-favourite-colour-where Libya’s opposition: Where green refuses to fade
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