El Bayyada

El Bayyada
البيّاضة
—  Town  —
El Bayyada
Location in Libya
Coordinates:
Country  Libya
Region Cyrenaica
District Marj
Population (2006)[1]
 • Total 7,432
Time zone UTC + 2

El Bayyada is a town in the Jebel Akhdar region of Libya. It is located 140 km (87 mi) east of Benghazi and 60 km (37 mi) west of Bayda.

Under the Italian occupation El Bayyada was named Gabriele d'Annunzio after the well-known Italian poet.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p.120.
  2. ^ Al Ain newspaper, Sep. 26; 2011, no. 20, Dar al Faris al Arabi, p.7.