Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar
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Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar
قرية عمر المختار | |
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  Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′49″N 21°40′29″E / 32.63028°N 21.67472°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,521 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar (Arabic: قرية عمر المختار) is a village in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya.[2] It was named after the Libyan resistance leader Omar Mukhtar. Under the Italian rule it was known as Mameli after the Italian patriot Goffredo Mameli.[3][citation needed]
It is located 22 km south of Bayda.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. (2008). Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia. Benghazi: Dar as Saqia. p. 120. ISBN 978-9959-854-10-0.
- ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
- ^ Qaryat Omar al-Mukhtar at Italian Wikipedia
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