Rebiana, Libya

Rebiana (or Rabiana, Rabyanah, also called Erbehna, Arabic: موزي or ربيانة‎), in Tedaga called Muzui or Mouzi[1] which is the original name of this place, is an oasis in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 120 km west of El Tag.[2]

Rebiana
Oasis
Rebiana
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°14′N 21°59′E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictKufra
Elevation
961 ft (293 m)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total1,800
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

On one side of the oasis, which features many palm and mango trees, is a salt lake and a chain of hills; on the other are sand dunes. On the north edge of the oasis there is a village with a zaouia.[2] The native inhabitants are members of the Toubou people; Al Tawatia and Bazama peoples have also settled there.

In 2014, the Libyan historian Saad Buhagar described the population of Rebiana as follows: "After some migration towards the big cities, for reasons of employment and comfort, between 1500 and 2000 individuals remain, most of them Tubu and a small group of Zouia Arabs most of them of the Bazama family, descendants of the Elmdjabra tribe, living in the Jalu oasis. The Tubu constitute the most ancient dwellers of the oasis, as they do in general in the Kufra region."[3]

See also

References
  1. Saad Buhagar: L' ART RUPESTRE DU SUD-EST LIBYEN (REGION DE KUFRA), Benghazi 2014, ISSN: 2312–4962, p. 7. (original in French)
  2. Bertarelli, L. V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana. p. 515.
  3. Saad Buhagar (2014), p. 7.
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