Al Wigh

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Al Wigh Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°14′42.31″N 14°33′57.95″E / 24.2450861°N 14.5660972°ECoordinates: 24°14′42.31″N 14°33′57.95″E / 24.2450861°N 14.5660972°E
Country	Libya
Region	Fezzan
District	Murzuq
Elevation[1]	1,558 ft (475 m)
Population (2009)
• Total	300
Time zone	UTC + 2

Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost^[2] and military base^[3] in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, Tripoli,^[4] and about 500 kilometres to the Niger-Chad border.^[3]

The base was the site of several small confrontations in the Southern Libyan Desert campaign in the 2011 Libyan civil war between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces (mainly Toubou tribesmen) and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces.^[3][5]

References

1. World Aero Data: AL WIGH
2. Levinson, Charles (21 July 2011). "Libyan Rebels Advance on a Gadhafi Stronghold". Zintan, Libya: The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
3. Mzioudet, Houda (17 February 2013). "Journey Into the Safest Southwestern Libya Region". Libya: The Tripoli Post. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
4. Al Wigh map
5. Daragahi, Borzou (28 November 2013). "Libya’s border security struggles against people smugglers". al-Wigh, Libya: Financial Times. Retrieved 25 August 2014.