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Msallata

Field	Value
official_name	Msallata
other_name	Al Qasabat
native_name	مسلاتة
settlement_type	Town
motto
pushpin_map	Libya
pushpin_label_position	Bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Libya
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Libya
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Tripolitania
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Murqub
subdivision_name4
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
established_date3
unit_pref
area_land_km2
area_blank1_sq_mi
population_as_of	2004
population_footnotes
population_total	80000
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
population_blank2
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_min_m	296
elevation_max_m	684
postal_code_type
registration_plate_type	License Plate Code
registration_plate	44

Msallata (also Al Qasabat, Cussabat and El-Gusbát) is a town in the northwestern part of Libya, in the Murqub District. It has a population of nearly 24,000, and was historically a center of Islamic studies. It is also known for having very wet winters, olive tree farming and olive oil production. The Tripolian Republic was announced in Msallata on 16 November 1918 which was the first republic in the Arab world. Along with the city of Tarhuna, it gave its name to the former Libyan district of Tarhuna wa Msalata.

Etymology

Reuters reported clashes in Msallata on 3 August, in which three people were killed. By 5 August, AFP was reporting that the town, whose residents had joined the rebellion in its early stages, had come under siege. Government troops controlled the roads leading into the town, had cut off electricity and communications and had begun arresting people in the suburbs.

References

[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Masallatah Wolfram Alpha]
(1996). "Muslim Authors on Jews and Judaism". Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History.
Reuters, 4 August 2011, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-clash-idUSTRE7735CY20110804 here]
See [http://www.ntclibya.org/english/allegiances/ message of allegiance to NTC] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-06 .)
(6 August 2011). "Libyan rebels report town under siege". Times Live.

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