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Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar

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Village in Cyrenaica, Libya
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar قرية عمر المختار
Village
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar is located in LibyaQaryat ʽUmar al MukhtarQaryat ʽUmar al MukhtarLocation in Libya
Coordinates: 32°37′49″N 21°40′29″E / 32.63028°N 21.67472°E / 32.63028; 21.67472
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictJabal al Akhdar
Population
 • Total6,521
Time zoneUTC + 2

Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar (Arabic: قرية عمر المختار) is a village in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. 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.

It is located 22 km south of Bayda.

References

  1. el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. (2008). Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia. Benghazi: Dar as Saqia. p. 120. ISBN 978-9959-854-10-0.
  2. Maplandia world gazetteer
  3. Qaryat Omar al-Mukhtar at Italian Misplaced Pages

External links

Libya District of Jabal al Akhdar, Libya
Capital Map of the district of Jabal al Akhdar
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