Qirnada

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Qirnada

قرنادة

Ghernada
Town
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Qirnada
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°43′48″N21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611 Coordinates: 32°43′48″N21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611
CountryFlag of Libya.svg  Libya
Region Cyrenaica
District Jabal al Akhdar
Population
 (2006) [1]
  Total3,415
Time zone UTC + 2

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]

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.

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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.