Tazerbo
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تازربو Tazerbo Tazerbo |
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 40 ′ N , 21 ° 3 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Libya | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | LY | ||
| height | 261 m | ||
| Residents | 6600 (2006) | ||
Tazerbo ( Arabic تازربو, also Tazirbo , Tazerbu ) is an oasis with 6,600 inhabitants (as of 2006) in the Libyan desert in the Munizip al-Kufra , around 250 kilometers northwest of Kufra .
Surname
The name Tazerbo means "headquarters" in Tedaga , the Tubu language , because the Derde ( Sultan of Tubu) had his seat there before the Arab conquest . Under the pressure of the invasion, the Tubu evaded into the Tibesti Mountains , where Zouar , located in a protected valley, has been the seat of the Derde ever since . The time of this evasion has not been handed down, the Tubu (Teda) still make up a significant part of the population of the Kufra oases.
Soft image
The Tazerbo oasis is 25 to 30 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide. In the middle of the oasis and parallel to it runs a narrow valley with salty ponds and salt pans. The oasis complex consists of about ten villages, the most important of which is called El-Jezeera (Al-Jezira). Groups of date palms, tamarisks , acacias, esparto and juncus grow in the oasis .
history
A few kilometers north of the town are the ruins of an old castle called Gasr Giránghedi , where the Sultan of the Tubu once resided. The first European to visit Tazerbo was Gerhard Rohlfs in August 1879. In his reports he mentions the castle ruins at Tazerbo Kasr Deranjedi .
Hydrology
In the area of Tazerbo there is a particularly large aquifer . It was one of the main reservoirs for the Libyan Great-Man-made River irrigation project . The pipeline between Tazerbo and the reservoir in Ajdabiya was built in the first phase of the project from 1984 and was completed in 1989.
literature
- LV Bertarelli: Guida d'Italia . Vol. XVII. Consociazione Turistica Italiana, Milan 1929.