Qasr Abu Hadi Explained

Official Name:Qasr Abu Hadi
Native Name:Arabic: قصر ابو هادي
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Sirte
Parts Type:Occupation
Parts Style:para
Unit Pref:metric
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:5075
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:31.0594°N 16.6589°W

Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي|Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.[1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī. https://archive.today/20130105125929/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-133&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=435835665. 2013-01-05. dead.
  2. Web site: Libya’s opposition: Where green refuses to fade . The Economist . 29 June 2013 .