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 (EET)

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]

References

  1. "World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
  2. https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580161-muammar-qaddafis-hometown-band-loyalists-flaunt-his-favourite-colour-where Libya’s opposition: Where green refuses to fade
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