Qirnada

Qirnada قرنادة Ghernada
Town
Qirnada Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Jabal al Akhdar
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	3,415
Time zone	UTC + 2

Qirnada or Ghirnada (Arabic: قرنادة‎‎) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. It is located 20 km south of Bayda.^[2]

During Italian colonization it was named Battisti.^[3] after the Italian politician Cesare Battisti and was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto.

References

1. ↑ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 122.
2. ↑ Maplandia world gazetteer
3. ↑ 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.