Kambut

Kambut
كمبوت
Gambut
Village
Kambut
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°54′19″N 24°28′53″E / 31.90528°N 24.48139°E / 31.90528; 24.48139Coordinates: 31°54′19″N 24°28′53″E / 31.90528°N 24.48139°E / 31.90528; 24.48139
Country  Libya
District Butnan
Population (2006)[1]
  Total 5,292
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)

Kambut, sometimes is known as Gambut, is a village in eastern Libya, some 50 km (31 mi) east of Tobruk. It is a site of an old military airfield in World War II.

German soldiers in Kambut, 1942.

Notes

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 121.
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