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Ghat

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town in Libya

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Place details

Locality
ⵖⴰⵜ غات Ghat
Region
ⵖⴰⵜ غات
Country
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا Libya
Population
14,630
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Country
Libya
Region
Fezzan
District
Ghat
Elevation
2,192 ft (668 m)
Total
15,000
Time zone
UTC+02:00 ( EET )

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Encyclopedic overview

Ghat (Arabic: غات) is the capital of the Ghat District in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, located just east of the Algerian border.

Topographic map of the Algerian-Libyan border with Ghat in the center

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ghat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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