Ajdabiya
أجدابيا | |
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Town | |
 Ajdabiya | |
  Ajdabiya Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 30°45′20″N 20°13′31″E / 30.75556°N 20.22528°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Al Wahat |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 416,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| License Plate Code | 12 |
Ajdabiya (/ˌɑːdʒdəˈbiːə/ AHJ-də-BEE-ə; Arabic: أجدابيا, romanized: Aǧdābiyā) is a town in and capital of the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya. It is some 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Benghazi. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of and capital of the Ajdabiya District. The town is divided into three Basic People's Congresses: North Ajdabiya, West Ajdabiya and East Ajdabiya.[3]
During the Libyan Civil War, the city changed hands several times between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces, with the anti-Gaddafi forces finally securing the town in April 2011. As many civilians had fled the fighting, one March 2011 report described the city as a "ghost town."[4]
Later, during the Second Libyan Civil War, the city was seized by the Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council until it was taken over by the Libyan National Army on 21 February 2016.[5]
- ^ Wolfram Alpha Archived May 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population".[dead link]
- ^ "شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى " Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya, accessed July 6, 2007 Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elisbeth Bumiller and David Kirkpatrick Allies Pressure Qaddafi Forces Around Rebel Cities Archived June 26, 2017, at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 23, 2011
- ^ "Army claims advances in Libyan cities of Benghazi and Ajdabiya | Reuters". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.