Rashida, Libya

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Rashida
اَلرَّشِيدَة
Rasceda
Village
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Rashida
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 29°1′N21°31′E / 29.017°N 21.517°E / 29.017; 21.517 Coordinates: 29°1′N21°31′E / 29.017°N 21.517°E / 29.017; 21.517
CountryFlag of Libya.svg  Libya
Region Cyrenaica
District Al Wahat
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Rashida [1] (Rasceda [2] ) is a desert village in the Jalo oasis of the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) southwest of the town of Jalu. In 1951, the population was reported as about 600. [3]

Jalo oasis

Jalo Oasis is an oasis in Cyrenaica, Libya, located west of the Great Sand Sea and about 250 km south-east of the Gulf of Sidra. Quite large, 19 kilometres (12 mi) long and up to 11 kilometres (7 mi) wide, it supports a number of settlements, the largest of which is the town of Jalu. Jalu was the administrative capital of the Jalu District from 1983 to 1988, at which time the area became part of the Ajdabiya District and as of 2007 is now part of the Al Wahat District.

Al Wahat District District in Libya

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 Place

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.

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References

  1. Rāshidah (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Rasceda (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Walton, Kenneth (1952) "The Aberdeen University Expedition to Cyrenaica, 1951: Part 2: The oasis of Jalo" Scottish Geographical Magazine 68(3): pp. 110119, page 118