| Qabr Umm al Hīshah قبر أم الهيشة | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Qabr Umm al Hīshah Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 30°09′02″N020°03′15″E / 30.15056°N 20.05417°E Coordinates: 30°09′02″N020°03′15″E / 30.15056°N 20.05417°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Al Wahat |
| Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
Qabr Umm al Hishah is a desert oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. [1]
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.
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
Prior to 1983 was part of Al Khalji Governorate. After 1983 it was part of the Ajdabiya baladiyah. From 1998 to 2001 it was part of Al Wahat District along with the rest of the old Ajdabiya baladiyah. It became part of the new Ajdabiya District in 2001, but was subsumed back into the enlarged Al Wahat District in 2007.
Ajdabiya was one of the districts of Libya. It lay in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital was Ajdabiya. As of 2007 it was subsumed within the enlarged Al Wahat District.
