El Uweilia

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El Uweilia
العويلية
El Uweilia
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°33′21″N 20°59′19″E / 32.55583°N 20.98861°E / 32.55583; 20.98861Coordinates: 32°33′21″N 20°59′19″E / 32.55583°N 20.98861°E / 32.55583; 20.98861
Country Libya
District District
Population (1995)[1]
 • Total 7,508
Time zone UTC + 2

El Uweilia (Arabic: العويلية‎) is a village in Jebel Akhdar mountains foothills region in Libya. It is located some 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Marj, and 89 km (55 mi) west of Bayda.

Under the Italian occupation it was known Umberto Maddalena[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008p. 111.
  2. ↑ El Hadi Mustapha Bulegma, & Saad Khalil Kezeiri (ed.), " Al Jamahiriya: Dirasa fil Jughrafia", Ad Dar al Jamahiriya lil nashr wa tawzee wa e'lan, Surt, Libya, 1995., p.405. Name spelling in the original source is wrong.


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