Official Name: | Bir al-Ghanam |
Native Name: | Arabic: بئر الغنم |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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: | Zawiya |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3,375 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 32.3125°N 12.5697°W |
Bir al-Ghanam (Arabic: بئر الغنم) is a town in western Libya. It is located south of Zawiya. It was the site of several battles during the Libyan Civil War. It was occupied by anti-Gaddafi forces on 7 August, just a few weeks before they entered Tripoli.[2]