ʿAyn al Ghazāyā | |
Other Name: | Ghezaia |
Native Name: | الغزايا |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tripolitania |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nalut |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.9039°N 10.8106°W |
Elevation M: | 592 |
Elevation Ft: | 1945 |
ʿAyn al Ghazaya[1] (Arabic: الغزايا) is a village in Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies on a crossroads on the Wazzin–Nalut road on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains.
ʿAyn al Ghazaya was a Gaddafi stronghold during the 2011 Libyan civil war, and provided a base for loyalist troops in the 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign.[2] After the some 5,000 inhabitants were removed to Tripoli, it was captured by the rebel forces on 29 July 2011.