Fuqaha, Libya

Fuqaha الفقهاء
Town
Fuqaha Location in Libya
Coordinates: 27°50′N 16°21′E / 27.833°N 16.350°E / 27.833; 16.350Coordinates: 27°50′N 16°21′E / 27.833°N 16.350°E / 27.833; 16.350
Country	Libya
Region	Fezzan
District	Jufra
Time zone	UTC + 2

Fuqaha or El-Foqaha (Arabic: الفقهاء‎) is a spring-fed town in central Libya, 200 km by road south of Sokna, on the western edge of the great central Haruj volcano and lava field. It is isolated Berber-speaking locale that shares this identity with the oasis of Sokna to its north.

Fuqaha was one of the last holdouts of loyalists in the 2011 Libyan civil war.

District of Jufra, Libya

Capital	Hun

Towns and villages	Fuqaha Sokna Waddan Zella

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