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Abyar (al-Abyā) (Arabic: الأبيار Al Abyār) is a town in the Marj District,[3] Libya, roughly 50 km to the east of the city of Benghazi and 42 km southwest of the city of Marj. (As of 2010^[update]), its estimated population was 32,563.[2]

Abyar الأبيار El Abiar
Town
Abyar Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°11′20″N 20°35′48″E
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Marj
Elevation [1]	278 m (912 ft)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	32,563
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code	30

History

The town is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica), and for those in the Libyan resistance movement, during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya periods. Prior to 2007 it was the capital of the district of Hizam al Akhdar.

Notes

See also

• List of cities in Libya

External links

• "Abyar, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• Satellite map at Maplandia.com

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