Bani Walid
Bani Walid /ˈbæniː wɑˈliːd/ (Arabic: بني وليد Banī Walīd) is a toun in Libie, in the Misrata Destrict. The toun is locatit on either side o the wadi Merdum, an is surroondit bi the Libie desert.
Bani Walid بني وليد | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
  Bani Walid Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′N 13°59′E / 31.767°N 13.983°E | |
| Kintra |  Libie |
| Region | Tripolitanie |
| Destrict | Misrata |
| Elevation | 255 m (837 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 85,425 |
| Time zone | UTC +2 |
Prior tae 2007 it wis the caipital o the Bani Walid Destrict. Bani Walid haes an airport cried Bani Walid Airport. Unner the Libie Arab Jamahiriya, it wis dividit intae twa Basic Fowkcongresses: Dahra - Bani Walid (الظهرة – بني وليد), an Zaytouna - Bani Walid (الزيتونة – بني وليد).
It is the hame tae the Warfalla tribe, the anerlie toun in which anerlie ane tribe resides. A campus o Misrata University is locatit in Bani Walid.[3][4]
Libyan ceevil war eedit
In the Libie ceevil war, efter the anti-Gaddafi forces captured Tripoli in August an Sabha in September, Bani Walid, alang wi Sirte, wis ane o twa feenal stranghaulds held bi forces lyal tae the oostit Gaddafi regime.
There wur clashes atween anti-Gaddafi forces surroondin the ceety an Gaddafi lyalists defendin it throughoot September an early October; the ceety wis feenally taken on 17 October.[5][6][7].
References eedit
- ↑ Wolfram Alpha
- ↑ World Gazetteer. "Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived frae the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Archived 2012-12-04 at Archive.today
- ↑ University Profile[deid airtin], Misrata University website, accessed 13 February 2011
- ↑ RMJM Chosen to Work on Two University Campuses in Libya Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Tripoli Post, 7 September 2008
- ↑ Chris Stephen, Abdul Raufund and David Smith (10 September 2011). "Gaddafi's diehard secret police dig in as Nato jets blast desert stronghold". The Guardian.
- ↑ Christopher Stephen and Massoud A. Derhally (10 September 2011). "Libyan Fighters Suspend Qaddafi Attacks". Bloomberg.
- ↑ "WRAPUP 4-NTC forces celebrate capture of Gaddafi bastion Bani Walid". Archived frae the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 Januar 2012. Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
See an aw eedit
Freemit airtins eedit
- Beni Walid Museum Archived 2013-07-19 at the Wayback Machine