Bayda, Libie
Al Bayda (Arabic: البيضاء Al Baiḍāʾ 
Ar-Al Bayda.ogg (help·info)), an aa spelt Al-Baidhah, El-Beda an Beida an kent as Beda Littoria unner Italian occupation, is a commercial an industrial ceety in Libie.[3][4]
Bayda (El beida) البيضاء | |
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Ceety | |
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| Coordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°ECoordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°E | |
| Kintra |  Libie |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| Destrict | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Settled | • Balagrae (circa early 1st millennium BCE) • az-Zawiyya al-Bayda(in 1840) • Beda Littoria (in 1933) • Al-Bayda (Elbeida) (in 1950s) [1] |
| Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 250,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Al Bayda's history stretches back tae Auncient Greece, when it wis kent as Balagrae. Ane o the greatest attractions in the ceety the day is the tomb o a famous companion o the Prophet Muhammad, Ruwaifi bin Thabit al-Ansari. For that reason, the ceety wis kent as Sidi Rafaa efter him. Efter the arrival o Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi in the aurie in the 19t century, an the construction o a zawiya, the ceety wis renamed Az Zawiya Al Bayda.
The modren ceety wis built in the 1950s. It wis oreeginally intendit tae be the new capital o Libie, an maist o the necessary govrenment biggins wut constructit there. Eventually, the plan tae move the caipital frae Tripoli tae Al Bayda wis dropped.[5] Al Bayda is the admeenistrative seat for Al Jabal al Akhdar Destrict the day.
Twin touns an sister ceetiesEedit
Bayda is twinned wi:
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Al-Bayda ( Elbeida ) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine lexicorient, 2011 Oct 17
- ↑ Fallingrain.com
- ↑ Independent Media Center Australia
- ↑ "Aljazeera.net - Al Jazeera News". Archived frae the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ - Book Africa briefing
- ↑ kocaeli Magazine (Turkish language)
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