Kufra | |
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 Kufra in 1930 | |
 Map of Libya with Kufra district highlighted | |
| Country | Libya |
| Capital | Al Jawf |
| Area | |
• Total | 453,611 km2 (175,140 sq mi) |
| Population (2006[1]) | |
• Total | 50,104 |
| License Plate Code | 20 |
Kufra, Kufrah or Kofra (Arabic: الكفرة Al Kufra), also spelled Cufra in Italian, is the largest district of Libya and the second largest such district in Africa. It is slightly smaller than the country of Turkmenistan. Its capital is Al Jawf, one of the oases in Kufra basin.[2] There is a very large oil refinery near the capital. In the late 15th century, Leo Africanus reported an oasis in the land of the Berdoa, visited by a caravan coming from Awjila. It is possible that this oasis in question was either the Al Jawf or the Taiserbo oasis, and on early modern maps, the Al Kufra region was often labelled as Berdoa based on this report.
- ^ "Districts of libya". statoids.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Francesca Di Piazza (2005). Libya in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-8225-2549-6.