Al Qubbah Explained

Official Name:Al Qubbah
Other Name:El Gubba, Quba
Native Name:Arabic: القبة
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2006
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:24,631
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:32.7667°N 22.25°W
Elevation M:708
Registration Plate Type:License Plate Code
Registration Plate:49

Al Qubbah or El Gubba (Arabic: القبة) is a town in eastern Libya. Once capital of Quba District.

It is the largest populated place between Derna, and Bayda.[1]

History

It was named after Giovanni Berta during the Italian colonial times.

Notes

  1. Book: el Khajkhaj, Amraja M. . Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia . Dar as Saqia . Benghazi . 2008 . 978-9959-854-10-0 . 119 .