Tajarhi

Tajarhi
تجرهي
Village
Tajarhi is located in Libya
Tajarhi
Tajarhi
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°15′44″N 14°33′37″E / 24.26222°N 14.56028°E / 24.26222; 14.56028
Country Libya
RegionFezzan
DistrictMurzuq
Elevation1,710 ft (520 m)
Population
 (2006)[2]
 • Total
1,496
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Tajarhi, Tegerhi or Tajirhi (Arabic: تجرهي) is an oasis and crossroads village in the Murzuq District of Libya. It lies in the Sahara Desert and is the last refueling point in Libya before reaching Madama, the first station in Niger (after the unpopulated frontier station at Tumu), some 282 kilometers to the south,[3] or 361 km by track.[4] Tajarhi has an airstrip (HL-57) south of town.[3]

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ "Libya - Murzuq: Administrative units" GeoHive
  3. ^ a b "Tajarhi, Libya" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
  4. ^ "TAD 05 Tajarhi Madama" Wikiloc, with map