Bayda, Libya

Bayda
البيضاء
El Beida
City
Al Akhdar, Bayda
Al Akhdar, Bayda
Bayda is located in Libya
Bayda
Bayda
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°E / 32.76639; 21.74167
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictJabal al Akhdar
Settled • Balagrae (circa early 1st millennium BCE)
 • az-Zawiyya al-Bayda (in 1840)
 • Beda Littoria (in 1933)
 • Al-Bayda (Elbeida) (in 1950s)
[1]
Elevation623 m (2,044 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total380,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code2

Bayda, or Elbeida (/ˈbdə/ or /ˈbdə/; Arabic: البيضاء al-Bayḍāʾ ) (also spelt az-Zāwiyat al-Bayḍāʾ,[3] Zāwiyat al-Bayḑā,[4] Beida[5] and El Beida;[5] known as Beda Littoria[6] under Italian colonial rule), is a commercial and industrial city in eastern Libya. It is located in northern Cyrenaica. With a population of 250,000 people,[7] Bayda is the 4th-largest city in Libya[8][9] (after Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata). It is the capital city of the Jabal al Akhdar district.

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  7. ^ Shahid, Anthony (March 6, 2011). "Free of Qaddafi, a City Tries to Build a New Order". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Libya Cyrene to re-enchant" (in French). Libération. April 30, 2011. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  9. ^ "Libya Russian fears, Drogba & Libyan rebels". ESPNsoccernet. September 10, 2011. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

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