Qirnada

Qirnada
قرنادة
Ghernada
Town
Qirnada

Location in Libya

Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611
Country  Libya
Region Cyrenaica
District Jabal al Akhdar
Population (2006)[1]
  Total 3,415
Time zone UTC + 2

Qirnada or Ghirnada (Arabic: قرنادة) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. It is located 20 km south of Bayda.[2]

During Italian colonization it was named Battisti.[3] after the Italian politician Cesare Battisti and was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto.

References

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 122.
  2. Maplandia world gazetteer
  3. 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.

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