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Also known as Zawiyat al Mukhayla

Mechili () is a small village in Cyrenaica, Libya and the site of a former Turkish fort. It is nearly east of Benghazi and west of Timimi.

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Place details

Locality
ⵍⵎⵅⵉⵍⵉ المخيلي
Region
ⴷⵔⵏⴰ درنة
Country
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا Libya
Population
1,764
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Mechili
Settlement.native_name
المخيلي
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
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Mechili3.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Libya
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
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Location in Libya
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Derna
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.elevation_m
196
Settlement.elevation_ft
643

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • World War II
  • Citations
  • References

Mechili () is a small village in Cyrenaica, Libya and the site of a former Turkish fort. It is nearly east of Benghazi and west of Timimi.

==Geography== Because of its location in the desert, Mechili suffered in the past from isolation. However, its isolation ended after the paving of the Charruba–Timimi desert road between the years 1975–1985, and this road became the preferred route for travel between Tobruk and Benghazi. The village sits at an elevation of 196 meters (643 feet).

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

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