Qaminis Explained

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.

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Notes

  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p.119.
  2. Libyan Planning Ministry, “Al Atlas al Watani lil Jamahiriya…”, Tripoli, 1978, p.18.