Fuqaha, Libya
Fuqaha or El-Foqaha (Arabic: الفقهاء) is a spring-fed town in central Libya, 200 km by road south of Sokna, on the western edge of the great central Haruj volcano and lava field. It is an isolated Berber-speaking locale, and it shares this identity with the oasis of Sokna to its north.
Fuqaha
الفقهاء | |
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Town | |
Fuqaha Location in Libya | |
Coordinates: 27°50′N 16°21′E | |
Country | Libya |
Region | Fezzan |
District | Jufra |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Fuqaha was one of the last holdouts of loyalists in the 2011 Libyan civil war.
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