Jikharra

Jikharra (إجخرة Ijkharrah) is a desert oasis town formerly in the Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in north-eastern Libya.[2] Prior to 2007, it was in the Ajdabiya District. After 2015[3] it was in Jikharra District (بلدية إجخرة).[4]

Jikhara
إجخرة
Town
Jikhara is located in Libya
Jikhara
Jikhara
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 29°17′N 21°38′E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictAl Wahat
Population
 (2006)[1]
  Total4,117
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code67

In 1929, during the Second Italo-Senussi War, a battle took place in the desert near the town at Al-Koz and Abu Athila, in which 241 Senussi fighters were killed.[5]

References

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 121.
  2. Maplandia world gazetteer
  3. "اسماء البلديات" [The names of the baladiyat] (in Arabic). اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [Central Committee for Baladiyat Council Elections (CCMCE)]. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
  4. "البلديات" [Baladiyats] (in Arabic). Central Committee for Baladiyat Council Elections (CCMCE).
  5. "اجخرة تُحيي ذكرى معركة "الكوز وتسلمت وأبو اثلة"". 218 News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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