Qayqab
القيقب | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Qayqab Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′32″N 22°01′18″E / 32.72556°N 22.02167°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Derna |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,297 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Qayqab[2] (also Ghoigah,[3] Minţaqat al Qayqab,[4] El-Ghégab,[5] El Gaigab, El Gheighab[6]) is a town in the Derna District in northeastern Libya. The town is located on the northeast side of the Akhdar Mountains, south of Al Abraq and Al Abraq Airport and Faydiya lies to the southwest, connected by road.
- ^ el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. (2008) نمو المدن الصغيرة في ليبيا (Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia – The growth of small towns in Libya) Dār al-Sāqiyah lil-Nashr, Benghazi, pp. 118–123, ISBN 978-9959-854-10-0
- ^ Al Qayqab (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Ghoigah (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Minţaqat al Qayqab (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ El-Ghégab (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ M. M. Buru (1960). A geographical study of the eastern Jebel Akhdar, Cyrenaica, (PDF). Durham theses, Durham University. p. 156.