Qirnada

Qirnada or Ghirnada (Arabic: قرنادة) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. It is located 20 km south of Bayda.[2]

Qirnada
قرنادة
Ghernada
Town
Qirnada is located in Libya
Qirnada
Qirnada
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictJabal al Akhdar
Population
 (2006)[1]
  Total3,415
Time zoneUTC + 2

During Italian colonization it was named Battisti.[3] after the Italian patriot and Irredentism martyr Cesare Battisti and was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto.

References

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 122.
  2. Maplandia world gazetteer
  3. Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 1, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012, p.350.
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