Taban, Libya

Taban زاوية النيان
Village
Taban Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°12′N 21°32′E / 32.200°N 21.533°E / 32.200; 21.533Coordinates: 32°12′N 21°32′E / 32.200°N 21.533°E / 32.200; 21.533
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Jabal al Akhdar
Time zone	UTC+2

Zawiat at-Taban, or Taban (Arabic: زاوية النيان‎); also An-Nayan or Wadi Sammalus, is a check point in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya.^[1] It is located on the cross-roads between the Charruba–Mechili–Timimi desert road and the Marawa–Wadi Sammalus.

Between February 1925 and August 1927, Wadi Sammalus was the site of several colonial battles between Italian forces and Senussi Rebels.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Maplandia world gazetteer
2. ↑ Kalifa Tillisi, Mu’jam Ma’arek Al Jehad fi Libia, 3rd ed., Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, p.509

External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com
• Search for Taban in the MSN Encarta atlas

District of Jabal al Akhdar, Libya Capital Bayda Towns and villages Al Gihad Al Hamamah Al Khuimat Ahqaf al Jabbarat Ahqaf al Ruzat Aqfanta Bil Hadid Jardas Jerrari Faydiya Haniya Safsaf Taban Khadra' Mansura Marawa Massa Qandula Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar Qirnada Shahhat Slonta Susa Zawiyat al ‘Urqub Qasr Libya Sayyid Abdulwaḥd Wardama