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Tajura

FieldValue
official_nameTajura
native_nameتاجوراء
settlement_typeTown
pushpin_mapLibya
mapsize200px
map_captionLocation in Libya
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameLibya
subdivision_type1Muhafazah
subdivision_name1Greater Tripoli
subdivision_type2Baladiyah
subdivision_name2Tajura
leader_titleMayor
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Tajura Municipal Council
population_as_of2019
population_footnotes
population_total325,836
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
elevation_m6
elevation_ft22
coordinates
Tajura Oasis in 1913.

Tajura (), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 km east of Tripoli.

From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.

History

The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531. Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.

Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.

During the Libyan crisis, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.

The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).

Districts of Tajura

  • Goot Al-Rumman
  • Abe Al Ash'her
  • Al-Marouhna
  • Al Hamidiya
  • Al Kwateb
  • Al'aswal
  • Awlad Al Turki
  • Be'ar Al Sanyaa
  • Shatt al-Sidi Othman (Sidi Othman)
  • Btisp
  • Be'ar Al Osta Milad
  • El Atamana
  • Dakhla
  • Rima
  • Diyar Jaber
  • Almchai - Aribat - and the cemetery Sahaabi and Hada title Almchai
  • Market - the middle
  • Goudec
  • Punishment (the headquarters of the commander Uqba)
  • Al Knadra
  • Andilsi
  • Shatt span
  • al mashin
  • Wadi Al Rabie

References

References

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  3. Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (2005) ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&pg=PA192 page 192]
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  5. (5 April 2024). "Fire at Libya's Tajoura nuclear research centre". Nuclear Engineering International.
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