Qasr Abu Hadi
قصر ابو هادي | |
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Village | |
  Qasr Abu Hadi Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°03′34″N 16°39′32″E / 31.05944°N 16.65889°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| District | Sirte |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 5,075 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي, romanized: Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.[1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.[2]
- ^ "World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
- ^ "Libya's opposition: Where green refuses to fade". The Economist. 29 June 2013.