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Sabha is an oasis city in southwestern Libya, about 640 kilometres south of Tripoli, historically the capital of the Fezzan region and currently the capital of Sabha District. It had a population of 99,028 at the 2012 census, is the birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi, and preserves Fort Elena, an Italian colonial-era fortress depicted on Libya's ten-dinar banknote.

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