Battah

Battah
Battah Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°39′28″N 21°6′33″E / 32.65778°N 21.10917°ECoordinates: 32°39′28″N 21°6′33″E / 32.65778°N 21.10917°E
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Al Marj
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	6,754
Time zone	UTC + 2

Battah or Batta (Arabic: بطّة‎) is a village in eastern Libya, almost 34 km (21 mi) northeast of Al Marj.

During the Italian occupation it was named Oberdan,^[2] after the Italian nationalist Guglielmo Oberdan.^[3]

References

1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 120.
2. Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 1, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012, p.350.