Abyar (al-Abyā) (Arabic: الأبيار Al Abyār) is a town in the Marj District,[3] Libya, roughly 50 km to the east of the city of Benghazi and 42 km southwest of the city of Marj. (As of 2010[update]), its estimated population was 32,563.[2]
Abyar الأبيار El Abiar | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°11′20″N 20°35′48″E / 32.18889°N 20.59667°E | |
Country | Libya |
Region | Cyrenaica |
District | Marj |
Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 32,563 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
License Plate Code | 30 |
History
editThe town is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica), and for those in the Libyan resistance movement, during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya periods. Prior to 2007 it was the capital of the district of Hizam al Akhdar.
Notes
edit- ^ Wolfram Alpha
- ^ a b "Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population" World Gazetteer [dead link]
- ^ "شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009.
See also
editExternal links
edit- "Abyar, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
- Satellite map at Maplandia.com
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