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Jardas al-ʽAbid

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Town in Cyrenaica, Libya
Jardas al-ʽAbid جردس العبيد
Town
Jardas al-ʽAbid is located in LibyaJardas al-ʽAbidJardas al-ʽAbidLocation in Libya
Coordinates: 32°18′17″N 20°58′59″E / 32.30472°N 20.98306°E / 32.30472; 20.98306
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictMarj
Elevation1,080 ft (330 m)
Population
 • Total6,051
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
Area code06762

Jardas al-ʽAbīd or Jerdes el Abid (Arabic: جردس العبيد)is a small town in the Marj District, located in northeastern Libya about 29 km southeast of Marj.

It was named Jardas Al 'Abid after the tribe living on it, and to identify it from Jardas Jerrari near Slonta.

Probably ignorant of the fact above, Jardas Al 'Abid (Literally meaning:Jardas of the Slaves) was renamed Jardas Al Ahrar (Literally meaning:Jardas of the Free) after Muammar Gaddafi took power in 1969.

References

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p.112.
  2. "Jardes Al' Abid - جردس العبيد".
  3. Libyan Planning Ministry, “Al Atlas al Watani lil Jamahiriya…”, Tripoli, 1978, p.31.
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