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Sebha

سبها

Sebha
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Sebha
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 27°03′00″N14°24′00″E / 27.05000°N 14.40000°E / 27.05000; 14.40000 Coordinates: 27°03′00″N14°24′00″E / 27.05000°N 14.40000°E / 27.05000; 14.40000
CountryFlag of Libya.svg  Libya
Region Fezzan
District Sabha
Elevation
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1,388 ft (423 m)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)

Sebha or Sebha (Arabic : سبها) is a Saharan desert oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is close to the capital of the Sabha District, Sabha. [2]

Sahara desert in Africa

The Sahara is a desert located on the African continent. It is the largest hot desert in the world, and the third largest desert overall after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi) is comparable to the area of China or the United States. The name 'Sahara' is derived from a dialectal Arabic word for "desert", ṣaḥra.

Oasis Isolated source of fresh water in a desert

In geography, an oasis is the combination of a human settlement and a cultivated area in a desert or semi-desert environment. Oases also provide habitat for animals and spontaneous plants.

Fezzan Place

Fezzan or Phazania is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara Desert. The term originally applied to the land beyond the coastal strip of Africa proconsularis, including the Nafusa and extending west of modern Libya over Ouargla and Illizi. As these Berber areas came to be associated with the regions of Tripoli, Cirta or Algiers, the name was increasingly applied to the arid areas south of Tripolitania. Fezzan is Libya’s poorest region.

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Geography

Jadid is located roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) north-west of Sabha, the capital of the Sabha District, and is roughly 657 km (408 mi) south-southwest of the capital of Libya, Tripoli. [2]

Sabha, Libya Place in Fezzan, Libya

Sabha, or Sebha, is an oasis city in southwestern Libya, approximately 640 kilometres (400 mi) south of Tripoli. It was historically the capital of the Fezzan region and the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames and is now capital of the Sabha District. Sabha Air Base, south of the city, is a Libyan Air Force installation that is home to multiple MiG-25 aircraft.

Sabha District District in Libya

Sabha is one of the districts of Libya. It is located near the center of the country, in the Fezzan region. The capital is the city of Sabha. Sabha District borders the following districts, namely, Wadi Al Shatii in the north, Al Jufrah in the east, Murzuq in the south and Wadi Al Hayaa in the west.

Capital city primary governing city of a top-level (country) or first-level subdivision (country, state, province, etc) political entity

A capital city is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place.

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