El Uweilia

El Uweilia
العويلية
El Uweilia is located in Libya
El Uweilia
El Uweilia
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°33′21″N 20°59′19″E / 32.55583°N 20.98861°E / 32.55583; 20.98861
Country Libya
DistrictDistrict
Population
 (1995)[1]
 • Total7,508
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

El Uweilia (Arabic: العويلية) is a village in the Jebel Akhdar mountains foothills region in Libya. It is located some 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Marj and 89 km (55 mi) west of Bayda.

During the Italian occupation it was known Maddalena[2] after the Italian aviator Umberto Maddalena [it].

  1. ^ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008p. 111.
  2. ^ Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 1, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012, p.350.