Audjila
| أوجلة (Audschila) | |||
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 8 ′ N , 21 ° 18 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Libya | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | LY-WA | ||
| Residents | 8515 | ||
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Audschila ( Arabic أوجلة), (in ancient times Augila ) is a group of oases and oasis city in the northern Libyan desert in the Munizip al-Wahat in central eastern Libya .
geography
Like the oases of Dschalo , Sferir and Leschkerreh, the city lies in a shallow depression and is surrounded by sandy desert. It is located around 400 kilometers south of the coastal city of Benghazi on the old caravan route from Cairo to Murzuk . The cultivation of date palms is an important industry .
The city has an airport.
history
Traditionally, Berbers lived in the region of Audschila . Under Ottoman rule, the oasis belonged to the Sanjak Benghazi. The public authority was exercised by the Mudir in Jalo.
language
In addition to Arabic , Berber dialects are sometimes spoken in Audschila and the neighboring oases . However, the number of speakers of these dialects is only a few thousand each.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Hug, Junkerngasse 34, CH-3011 Bern: Audschila | eLexicon. In: peter-hug.ch. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Telepolis. In: www.heise.de. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .