Kikla Explained

Official Name:Kikla
Native Name:ككلة
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 Name1:Tripolitania
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jabal al Gharbi
Population As Of:2006
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:10,350
Population Blank1 Title:Arabs and Amazigh
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:32.0683°N 12.6944°W
Elevation M:709
Registration Plate Type:License Plate Code
Registration Plate:53

Kikla (Arabic: ككلة) is a town of approximately 10,000 inhabitants in Libya, most of whom are Berber (Amazigh) descent, and is approximately 150 kilometres south-west of the country's capital, Tripoli.[2] It was also a battleground during the 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign of the Libyan Civil War. Kikla is also home to three older cities: Sidi Omer, Zawit Abu Madi and Ijhish. Other towns within Kikla are Likhzour (Arabic: لخزور), Takbal (Arabic: تكبال), Awlad Issa (Arabic: أولاد عيسى), Awlad Omran (Arabic: أولاد عمران), Mzaida (Arabic: المزايدة), Awlad Boziry (Arabic: أولاد بوزيري), Awlad Saeed (Arabic: أولاد سعيد), Awlad Sidi Omar (Arabic: أولاد سيدي عمر) and Amzir (Arabic: أمزير), the later in Berber languages(Tamazight) means waterfall. On 14 June 2011 Kikla was recaptured by the rebels.[3]

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  1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 119.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110618063957/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-06/15/c_13931305.htm Gaddafi's forces withdraw from Kikla, 150 km SW of Tripoli
  3. Web site: Libya rebels make gains against Gadhafi forces in Tripoli - Haaretz Com . Haaretz.com . 2020-05-30.