| Masliwa | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Masliwa Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 29°3′N21°30′E / 29.050°N 21.500°E Coordinates: 29°3′N21°30′E / 29.050°N 21.500°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Al Wahat |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
Masliwa is a Sahara desert town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. [1]
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.
Al Wahat, occasionally spelt Al Wahad or Al Wahah is one of the districts of Libya. Its capital and largest city is Ajdabiya. The district is home to much of Libya's petroleum extraction economic activity.
Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya. Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it formed part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca.
