Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya
Agedabia, Ajdabya, Corniclanum[1] | |
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 City centre of Ajdabiya | |
| Country |  Libya |
| District | Al Wahat, since 2007, Ajdabiya District 2001-2007 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Ajdabiya or Agedabia is a town in and capital of Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya. It is some 160km (100 m) south of Benghazi. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of and capital of Ajdabiya District. The town is divided into three Basic People's Congresses: North Ajdabiya, West Ajdabiya and East Ajdabiya.[2]
Transport
- It is a likely recipient of a station on the Libyan railway network, under construction in 2008. The interstate line through Tobruk may diverge here from the coastal line to Benghazi to avoid difficult coast terrain and to save distance. [3]
- Ajdabiya is on the cross-roads of many important roads in Libya:
See also
Notes
- ^ Goodchild, R. G. (1951) "Boreum of Cyrenaica" The Journal of Roman Studies 41(1/2): pp. 11-16, page 16
- ^ "شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى " Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya, accessed July 6 2007
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_1_41/ai_69709357
External links
- "Ajdabiya, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
- "Ajdabiya Map — Satellite Images of Ajdabiya" Maplandia.com
- Search for Ajdabiya in the MSN Encarta atlas
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