Al Wigh Explained

Official Name:Al Wigh
Other Name:Al Wyg
Native Name:ألويغ
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Fezzan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Murzuq
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2009
Population Total:300
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:24.2451°N 14.5661°W
Elevation M:475

Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost[1] and military base[2] in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, Tripoli,[3] and about 500 kilometres to the Niger-Chad border.

The base was the site of several small confrontations in the Southern Libyan Desert campaign in the 2011 Libyan civil war between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces (mainly Toubou tribesmen) and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Libyan Rebels Advance on a Gadhafi Stronghold. Levinson. Charles. 21 July 2011. The Wall Street Journal. 25 August 2014. Zintan, Libya.
  2. Web site: Journey Into the Safest Southwestern Libya Region . Mzioudet . Houda . 17 February 2013 . The Tripoli Post . 25 August 2014 . Libya . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114401/http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=9919 . 26 August 2014 .
  3. Web site: Al Wigh map . 2011-08-17 . 2016-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320123800/http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?i=1368090&n=Al%20Wigh#lat=36.10238&lon=15.38086&zoom=4 . dead .
  4. News: Libya’s border security struggles against people smugglers. Daragahi. Borzou . 28 November 2013. Financial Times. 25 August 2014. al-Wigh, Libya.