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


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