Tajura

Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333

Tajura تاجوراء
Tajura Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333
Country	Libya
Muhafazah	Greater Tripoli
Baladiyah	Tajura
Government
• Governing body	Tajura Municipal Council
Elevation	6 m (22 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	48,836
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

1913 map with Tajura (spelled Tagiura), on the Mediterranean in the Tripolitania region.

Tajura Oasis in 1913.

Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura

Tajura (Arabic: تاجوراء‎ Tājūrā’), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 14 kilometres (8.7 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 Civil War.

History

The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531.^[3] Under the command of Khayr al-Din, 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 megawatt reactor, built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.^[4]

During the second Libyan Civil War, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.

Districts of Tajura

Tourism in Tajura

• Tajura tourist village Sidi al-Andalus. Used occasionally as a meeting place by Muammar al-Gaddafi. Mainly used as guest house by Teknica (UK) Ltd, and for a short time by Taknia Libya. Demolished in December 2010.
• Village Heroj
• Fish Market
• "Best Fish Restaurants and Takeways in Libya"

Tajura Sports Centre

• Club editorial
• Club Abe Al Ash'her
• Club Hamidiya

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