Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar

Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar
قرية عمر المختار
Village
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar is located in Libya
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar
Qaryat ʽUmar al Mukhtar
Location 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
 (2006)[1]
 • Total
6,521
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.[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

  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 Wikipedia
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