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Tajura
Place in Greater Tripoli, Libya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tajura
تاجوراء Tagiura | |
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Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Muhafazah | Greater Tripoli |
Baladiyah | Tajura |
Government | |
• Governing body | Tajura Municipal Council |
Elevation | 6 m (22 ft) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 325,836 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Tajura (Arabic: تاجوراء, romanized: Tājūrā; Italian: Tagiura), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Tripoli.[2]
From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.