Qasr Abu Hadi

Qasr Abu Hadi
قصر ابو هادي
Village
Qasr Abu Hadi

Location in Libya

Coordinates: 31°03′34″N 16°39′32″E / 31.05944°N 16.65889°E / 31.05944; 16.65889Coordinates: 31°03′34″N 16°39′32″E / 31.05944°N 16.65889°E / 31.05944; 16.65889
Country  Libya
District Sirte
Population (2006)
  Total 4,890
Time zone UTC + 2

Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.[1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.[2]

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