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Al Qubbah

Coordinates: 32°46′00″N 22°15′00″E / 32.76667°N 22.25000°E / 32.76667; 22.25000
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Al Qubbah
القبة
El Gubba, Quba
Town
Al Qubbah is located in Libya
Al Qubbah
Al Qubbah
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°46′00″N 22°15′00″E / 32.76667°N 22.25000°E / 32.76667; 22.25000
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictDerna
Elevation
2,323 ft (708 m)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total
24,631
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code49

Al Qubbah or El Gubba (Arabic: القبة) is a town in eastern Libya. Once capital of Quba District.

It is the largest populated place between Derna and Bayda.[1]

History

It was named after Giovanni Berta during the Italian colonial period.

Notes

  1. ^ a b el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. (2008). Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia. Benghazi: Dar as Saqia. p. 119. ISBN 978-9959-854-10-0.