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Kikla () is a town of approximately 10,000 inhabitants in Libya, most of whom are Berber (Amazigh) descent, and is approximately 150 kilometres south-west of the country's capital, Tripoli. It was also a battleground during the 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign of the Libyan Civil War. Kikla is also home to three older cities: Sidi Omer, Zawit Abu Madi and Ijhish. Other towns within Kikla are Likhzour (), Takbal (), Awlad Issa (), Awlad Omran (), Mzaida (), Awlad Boziry (), Awlad Saeed (), Awlad Sidi Omar () and Amzir (), the later in Berber languages(Tamazight) means waterfall. On 14 June 2011 K

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Place details

Locality
ⴰⵎⵣⵉⵔ أمزير
Region
ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⵏⴼⵓⵙⵏ جبل نفوسة
Country
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا
Population
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Kikla
Settlement.native_name
ككلة
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Libya
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Libya
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tripolitania
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Jabal al Gharbi
Settlement.population_as_of
2006
Settlement.population_total
10,350
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Arabs and Amazigh
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.elevation_m
709

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

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