Nalut
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 52 ′ N , 10 ° 59 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Libya | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | LY-NL | ||
| height | 630 m | ||
| Residents | 26,000 (2010) | ||
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Nalut ( Arabic نالوت, DMG Nālūt ) is a city in western Libya in the municipality of the same name, Nalut . Nalut has about 26,000 inhabitants (calculation for 2010), the majority of them Berbers .
location
Nalut is on the route between Zuwara and Ghadames near the border with Tunisia at an altitude of about 630 meters above sea level. d. M. The distance to the capital Tripoli is approx. 320 kilometers.
Townscape
In the past few years, Nalut has been greatly expanded. In contrast to Ghadames, the old town has been almost completely abandoned and is in ruins.
Attractions
Ksar
In Nalut there is a storage castle ( ksar ), which was built for better defense above the place on a precipice of the Djebel Nafusa. In their vaulted storage chambers ( ghorfas ), food supplies (grain, oil, dates, dried fruit, etc.) and other domestic or agricultural equipment were stored in earlier times when a large part of the population with the cattle herds (sheep and goats) in the higher areas during the summer months - and therefore less dry - in mountain regions ( transhumance ). During this time a guard was left in the ksar. Often these storage castles also served as resting and trading places for caravans , but this can be ruled out for Nalut due to the exposed location and another ring with storage chambers inside.
mosque
The abandoned old town with its narrow streets and dilapidated mud houses is also worth seeing. An architectural specialty is the old mosque from 1312 with its wind tower-like structure and the simple, partially openwork supports and a fountain inside (see web links).
Others
During the civil war in Libya in 2011 , insurgents declared the city liberated on February 19. The city occupies an important strategic position on the road from the Dahibah / Wazin border crossing to Sintan .
See also
Other - still partially preserved - ksour in Libya are:
literature
- Joachim Willeitner: Libya. Tripolitania, Syrtebogen, Fezzan and the Cyrenaica. Dumont-Verlag, Ostfildern 2011, p. 138 ISBN 978-3-7701-4876-9
Web links
- Nalut - Photos
- Nalut - Photos + Text (English)
- Nalut and Cabao - Photos + Text (English)
- Nalut - Photos
- Nalut, interior of the mosque - photo
- Nalut, mosque - photo
- Reiner Wandler: "Gaddafi wanted to wipe us out". New freedom in Libya. In: The daily newspaper . October 21, 2011, accessed on October 21, 2011 (Report on the development of Nalut since the liberation in the wake of the civil war).
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Gazetteer ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Libya towns fall to rebels as world moves to isolate Gaddafi. In: telegraph.co.uk. February 28, 2011, accessed May 29, 2011 .
