Jadu, Libya

Jadu or Gado (/ˈdʒɑːduː/ JAH-doo; Arabic: جادو, romanized: Jādū; Berber languages: Fessatu; Italian: Giado) is a mountain town in western Libya (Tripolitania), formerly in the Jabal al Gharbi District. Before the 2007 reorganization, and after 2015 it was part of Yafran District.

Jadu Fessatu جادو Giado
Town
Mosque in Jadu
Jadu Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E
Country	Libya
Region	Tripolitania
District	Jabal al Gharbi
Elevation [1]	2,448 ft (746 m)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	6,013
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code	43

Geography

Jadu is located in the Nafusa Mountains,^[2] twenty-five kilometers southwest of Tarmeisa (طرميسة, Ţarmīşah).^[3]

History

Jadu was formerly the capital of the Nafusa Mountains District.^[2]

Giado concentration camp during its operation

Giado concentration camp

Main article: Giado concentration camp

Giado, as it was then known by its Italian name, was the site of an Italian concentration camp during the Second World War.^[4] In 1942, about 2,600 Jews ^[5] and other people, who were considered undesirables by Italians, were rounded up throughout Libya and sent to the Giado camp.^[6] 564 died from typhus and other privations.^[7] The camp was liberated by the British Army in January 1943.

Civil war

Main article: Nafusa Mountains campaign

Jadu's council rejected the draft 2017 constitution.^[8]

In April 2020, local Amazigh forces were bombed at the end of the Second Libyan Civil War.^[9]

See also

• The Holocaust in Italian Libya
• List of cities in Libya

References

1. "Wolfram-Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. "Jadu: Berber hilltop village". LookLex. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Tarmeisa: Village or fortress?". LookLex. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Gutman, Israel (1990). Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Macmillan, New York, p. 865, ISBN 0-02-897165-5.
5. "Scopri StoriaLive". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
6. Pugliese, Stanislao G. (2002). The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, pp. 282-284, ISBN 0-313-31895-6.
7. Barkat, Amiram (30 April 2003). "A new look at Libyan Jewry's Holocaust experience". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018.
8. Assad, Abdulkader (23 December 2018). "Jadu city boycotts Libya's constitution referendum". The Libya Observer. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022.
9. Velqa (15 April 2020). "Riposte sanglante du général Haftar: 8 combattants d'Adrar Ineffusen tués" (in French). VAVA innova. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022.

External links

• "Jadu, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.

31°57′N 12°01′E