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History. Bani Walid is an oasis town in western Libya which has a historic rivalry with the city of Misrata. During the civil war in 2011, Bani Walid remained a bastion of support for the government of Muammar Gaddafi until the very end of the war, while Misrata was one of the first towns to rise up, emerging victorious from a months-long siege.
Jalu. / 29.02833°N 21.53667°E / 29.02833; 21.53667. Jalu, Jallow, or Gialo ( Arabic: جالو) is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. An oasis, a city, and it is the main center of the oasis region in eastern Libya. It is located at the confluence of longitude and latitude (21-29), and the most ...
P. Ptolemais, Cyrenaica. Categories: Roman sites in Africa. Roman Libya. Archaeological sites in Libya. Libya in the Roman era. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Ras al-Helal ( Arabic: رأس الهلال, Raʾs al-Helal, "Crescent Cape") is a village on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Derna District, Cyrenaica, Libya. It takes its name from its cape, which appears to have a crescent shape when viewed from the surrounding Jebel Akhdar foothills. It had a population totaling 2,235 in 2006. [1]
Tobruk or Tobruck ( / təˈbrʊk, toʊ -/; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Latin: Antipyrgus; Italian: Tobruch; Arabic: طبرق, romanized : Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tobruch and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya 's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District ...
March 29 (Western) April 5 (Eastern) Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. [3] Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honor Jesus Christ as he ...
Hun, Libya. / 29.12111°N 15.94028°E / 29.12111; 15.94028. Hun or Houn / ˈhuːn / ( Arabic: هون, romanized : Hūn) is an oasis town in the northern Fezzan region of southwest Libya. The town is the capital of the Jufra District. The "International Autumn Tourism Festival" is an annual festival usually held at the end of September.
Allied occupation of Libya. June 1,948 C.E. Anti-Jewish rioters in Libya killed 12 Jews and destroyed 280 Jewish homes; Kingdom of Libya. Chadian Civil War (1965–1979) September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup; Libyan Arab Republic. September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup; Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya