Tajura

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Tajura
تاجوراء
Town
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Tajura
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333
CountryFlag of Libya.svg Libya
Muhafazah Greater Tripoli
Baladiyah Tajura
Government
 • Governing bodyTajura Municipal Council
Elevation
6 m (22 ft)
Population
 (2019) [1]
 • Total
325,836
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
1913 map with Tajura (spelled Tagiura), on the Mediterranean in the Tripolitania region. Tagiura map.jpg
1913 map with Tajura (spelled Tagiura), on the Mediterranean in the Tripolitania region.
Tajura Oasis in 1913. Tagiura.jpg
Tajura Oasis in 1913.
Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura Murad Aga Mosque Tajoura 01.JPG
Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura

Tajura (Arabic : تاجوراء, romanized: Tājūrā), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Tripoli. [2]

From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.

History

The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531. [3] Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.

Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981. [4] [5] A fire broke out in an outbuilding in April 2024, which the Libyan Atomic Energy Commission reported as under control. [5]

During the Libyan crisis, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.

The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).

Districts of Tajura

References

  1. ↑ 15 years and older (Libyan and non-Libyan) see bsc.ly Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Ham, Anthony (2002) "East of Tripoli: Tajura to Al-Khoms" Libya Lonely Planet, Hawthorn, Victoria, Canada, page 133, ISBN   0-86442-699-2
  3. ↑ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (2005) A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period page 192
  4. ↑ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2005) SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, disarmament and international security Humanities Press, New York, page 636, OCLC   2211125
  5. 1 2 "Fire at Libya's Tajoura nuclear research centre". Nuclear Engineering International. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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