Bayda
البيضاء El Beida | |
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City | |
.jpg) Al Akhdar, Bayda | |
  Bayda Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Settled | • Balagrae (circa early 1st millennium BCE) • az-Zawiyya al-Bayda (in 1840) • Beda Littoria (in 1933) • Al-Bayda (Elbeida) (in 1950s) [1] |
| Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 380,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| License Plate Code | 2 |
Bayda, or Elbeida (/ˈbaɪdə/ or /ˈbeɪdə/; Arabic: البيضاء al-Bayḍāʾ, ; also spelt az-Zāwiyat al-Bayḍāʾ,[3] Zāwiyat al-Bayḑā,[4] Beida[5] and El Beida;[5] known as Beda Littoria[6] under Italian colonial rule), is a commercial and industrial city in eastern Libya. It is located in northern Cyrenaica. With a population of 250,000 people,[7] Bayda is the 4th-largest city in Libya[8][9] (after Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata). It is the capital city of the Jabal al Akhdar district.
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