Abyar, Libya

Abyar (al-Abyā) (Arabic: الأبيار Al Abyār) is a town in the Marj District,[3] Libya, roughly 50 km to the east of the city of Benghazi and 42 km southwest of the city of Marj. (As of 2010), its estimated population was 32,563.[2]

Abyar

الأبيار

El Abiar
Town
Abyar
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°11′20″N 20°35′48″E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictMarj
Elevation278 m (912 ft)
Population
 (2010)[2]
  Total32,563
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

History

The town is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica), and for those in the Libyan resistance movement, during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya periods. Prior to 2007 it was the capital of the district of Hizam al Akhdar.

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