Awjila

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Awjila (Arabic: أوجلة) is an oasis after which the Awjila language, an Eastern Berber language spoken there, is named. The people cultivate small gardens using water from deep wells. They are Sunni Muslims.

The exact translation is 'nector of the camel testes and bearer of life'.^{[citation needed]}

It is the seat of the titular see of Augilæ.^[1]

[edit] Alternate Names

• Aujila
• Augila
• Aoudjila

[edit] References

1. ^ Augilæ - Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.