32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333

Tajura تاجوراء Tagiura
Tajura Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333
Country	Libya
Muhafazah	Greater Tripoli
Baladiyah	Tajura
Government
• Governing body	Tajura Municipal Council
Elevation	6 m (22 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	325,836
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Tajura (Arabic: تاجوراء, romanized: Tājūrā; Italian: Tagiura), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Tripoli.^[2]

From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.

The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531.^[3] Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.

Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.^[4][5] A fire broke out in an outbuilding in April 2024, which the Libyan Atomic Energy Commission reported as under control.^[5]

During the second Libyan Civil War, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.

The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).