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Sabha

Northern Africa

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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Population
149,329 1
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1. GeoNames: Sabha
GeoNames geonameid 2212775 (Sabha), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Sabha
Wikidata Q208389, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Sabha (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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