Al Wigh

Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost^[1] and military base^[2] in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, Tripoli,^[3] and about 500 kilometres to the Niger-Chad border.^[2]

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Al Wigh Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°14′42.31″N 14°33′57.95″E
Country	Libya
Region	Fezzan
District	Murzuq
Elevation	1,558 ft (475 m)
Population  (2009)
• Total	300
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

The base was the site of several small confrontations in the Southern Libyan Desert campaign in the 2011 Libyan civil war between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces (mainly Toubou tribesmen) and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces.^[2][4]

References

1. Levinson, Charles (21 July 2011). "Libyan Rebels Advance on a Gadhafi Stronghold". The Wall Street Journal. Zintan, Libya. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. Mzioudet, Houda (17 February 2013). "Journey Into the Safest Southwestern Libya Region". The Tripoli Post. Libya. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
3. "Al Wigh map". Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
4. Daragahi, Borzou (28 November 2013). "Libya's border security struggles against people smugglers". Financial Times. al-Wigh, Libya. Retrieved 25 August 2014.