Nalut

Nalut () is the capital of the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. Nalut lies approximately halfway between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region.

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Place details

Locality: ⵏⴰⵍⵓⵜ نالوت
Region: ⵏⴰⵍⵓⵜ نالوت
Country: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا
Population: 28,431
Timezone: Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Nalut
Settlement.other_name: Nalút
Settlement.image_skyline: Nalut ruins.jpg
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: Nalut
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.population_note: calculated
Settlement.population_total: 26788
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.elevation_m: 789
Settlement.registration_plate_type: License Plate Code

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Wikidata facts

Official name: بلدية نالوت
Population: 26788
Elevation: 616
Image: Nalut old 2.jpg
Dialing code: 024
Licence plate code: 19

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Contents

History
Name
Architecture
Libyan civil war
Museum
Climate
See also
Notes and references
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==History== ===Name=== The name Nalut and its alternate Lalut may derive from the pagan Berber goddess of springs, Tala. As Nalut is only 60 km from the Tunisian border and lies close to some oases, it played an important part in the caravan trade.