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Qayqab

FieldValue
nameQayqab
other_nameالقيقب
settlement_typeTown
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pushpin_mapLibya
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Libya
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameLibya
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Cyrenaica
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Derna
population_as_of2006
population_footnotes
population_total7,297
timezoneEET
utc_offset+2
coordinates

Qayqab (also Ghoigah, Minţaqat al Qayqab, El-Ghégab, El Gaigab, El Gheighab) is a town in the Derna District in northeastern Libya. The town is located on the northeast side of the Akhdar Mountains, south of Al Abraq and Al Abraq Airport and Faydiya lies to the southwest, connected by road.

History

Qayqab was an ancient village, being identified with the Roman Agabis. It was a market village where goods from the coast were traded for animals and other products provided by the Cyrenaican herdering nomads. The village was the site of an Ottoman fort or citadel built in 1852 by Abu Bakr Bu Hadus, chief of the Bara'sa tribe.

The town grew from the village in the 1970s when the government used oil money to supply housing for the herding nomads of the area.

Prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization, Al Qayqab was part of Al Qubah District.

The name Qayqab translates in Arabic to "maple tree."

Notes

References

  1. el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. (2008) ''نمو المدن الصغيرة في ليبيا (Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia – The growth of small towns in Libya)'' Dār al-Sāqiyah lil-Nashr, Benghazi, pp. 118–123, {{ISBN. 978-9959-854-10-0
  2. {{GEOnet2. 32FA8807CF923774E0440003BA962ED3. Al Qayqab (Approved) , [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
  3. {{GEOnet2. 32FA8807CF903774E0440003BA962ED3. Ghoigah (Variant), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
  4. {{GEOnet2. 32FA8807CF8F3774E0440003BA962ED3. Minţaqat al Qayqab (Variant), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
  5. {{GEOnet2. 32FA8807CF913774E0440003BA962ED3. El-Ghégab (Variant), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
  6. M. M. Buru. (1960). "A geographical study of the eastern Jebel Akhdar, Cyrenaica,". Durham theses, Durham University.
  7. Johnson, Douglas L. (1973) ''Jabal al-Ak̲h̲ḍar, Cyrenaica: an historical geography of settlement and livelihood'' University of Chicago, Chicago, page 115, {{OCLC. 727440
  8. Johnson, Douglas L. (1973) ''Jabal al-Ak̲h̲ḍar, Cyrenaica: an historical geography of settlement and livelihood'' University of Chicago, Chicago, page 90, {{OCLC. 727440
  9. (1968) "al Gaigab" ''Libya Antiqua'' Volumes 5, page 217
  10. Behnke, Roy H. (1980) "The Process of Sedentarization in Khoolaan and Gaigab" ''The herders of Cyrenaica: ecology, economy, and kinship among the bedouin of eastern Libya'' University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, page 80, {{ISBN. 0-252-00729-8
  11. [Syrian Maple — American University of Beirut]. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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