Jadu, Libya
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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 | |
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Town | |
 Mosque in Jadu | |
 Jadu Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E | |
| Country | Libya |
| Region | Tripolitania |
| District | Jabal al Gharbi |
| Elevation | 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
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
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]
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