Battah

Battah
Battah

Location in Libya

Coordinates: 32°39′28″N 21°6′33″E / 32.65778°N 21.10917°E / 32.65778; 21.10917Coordinates: 32°39′28″N 21°6′33″E / 32.65778°N 21.10917°E / 32.65778; 21.10917
Country  Libya
Region Cyrenaica
District Al Marj
Population (2006)[1]
 • Total 6,754
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Battah or Batta (Arabic: بطّة‎‎) is a village in eastern Libya, almost 34 km (21 mi) northeast of Al Marj.

During the Italian occupation it was named Oberdan,[2] after the Italian nationalist Guglielmo Oberdan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 120.
  2. ↑ Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 1, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012, p.350.
  3. ↑
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