Kabaw

Kabaw, Kabao[1] or Cabao[2] (Arabic: كاباو) is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just 9 kilometres (6 mi) off the Gharyan–Nalut road and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Jadu,[3] on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains.

For the valley in Burma (Myanmar), see Kabaw Valley.
Kabaw
كاباو
Kabao, Cabao
Town
Near Kabaw
Near Kabaw
Kabaw is located in Libya
Kabaw
Kabaw
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°50′40″N 11°20′23″E
Country Libya
RegionTripolitania
DistrictNalut
Elevation
2,112 ft (643 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code48

History

Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After World War II, it was occupied by the French military and governed from Tunisia.[4] It was returned to Libyan control in 1951.

Attractions

Kabaw is home to the ghurfas or "Ksar Kabaw" a Berber hilltop village-fort, now abandoned.[3] The ghurfas is built mainly of rock, gypsum and adobe, with doors made of palm wood.[3]

The Spring Qsar Festival is held in April almost every year.[3][5]

Notes
  1. "Kabao: Libya " National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency data from Information Technology Associates (ITA)
  2. Cabao (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Ham, Anthony (2007) "Kabaw" Libya (second edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 162, ISBN 978-1-74059-493-6
  4. Crowder, Michael (1984) The Cambridge history of Africa: volume 8, From c. 1940 to c. 1975 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, page 536, ISBN 0-521-22409-8
  5. Battersby, Vanessa; Vladisavljevic, Branislava and Kamimura, Yukiyoshi (2007) "Qasr Festival (Kabaw, Libya)" Lonely Planet Middle East Phrasebook Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 245, ISBN 978-1-86450-261-9
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