Official Name: | Qaminis |
Other Name: | Ghemines |
Native Name: | قمينس |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Libya |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Benghazi |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10,713 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.6572°N 20.0144°W |
Elevation M: | 17 |
Registration Plate Type: | License Plate Code |
Registration Plate: | 66 |
Qaminis or Ghemines (Arabic: قمينس) is a small town adjacent to the Gulf of Sidra in the Cyrenaica region of northwestern Libya. It is located about 50km (30miles) to the south of Benghazi, 23km (14miles) west of Suluq, and 6km (04miles) east of the Mediterranean coast.
Qaminis was known Chaminos, before its name was changed following its conquest by the early Muslim Caliphate in AD642.[2]
Qaminis is slowly growing as new houses are being built, mostly by new citizens moving to the town.