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Bayda, Libie
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Al Bayda (Arabic: البيضاء Al Baiḍāʾ Ar-Al Bayda.ogg (help·info)), an aa spelt Al-Baidhah, El-Beda an Beida an kent as Beda Littoria unner Italian occupation, is a commercial an industrial ceety in Libie.[3][4]
Bayda (El beida) البيضاء | |
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Ceety | |
Coordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Region | Cyrenaica |
Destrict | Jabal al Akhdar |
Settled | • Balagrae (circa early 1st millennium BCE) • az-Zawiyya al-Bayda(in 1840) • Beda Littoria (in 1933) • Al-Bayda (Elbeida) (in 1950s) [1] |
Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 250,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 |
Al Bayda's history stretches back tae Auncient Greece, when it wis kent as Balagrae. Ane o the greatest attractions in the ceety the day is the tomb o a famous companion o the Prophet Muhammad, Ruwaifi bin Thabit al-Ansari. For that reason, the ceety wis kent as Sidi Rafaa efter him. Efter the arrival o Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi in the aurie in the 19t century, an the construction o a zawiya, the ceety wis renamed Az Zawiya Al Bayda.
The modren ceety wis built in the 1950s. It wis oreeginally intendit tae be the new capital o Libie, an maist o the necessary govrenment biggins wut constructit there. Eventually, the plan tae move the caipital frae Tripoli tae Al Bayda wis dropped.[5] Al Bayda is the admeenistrative seat for Al Jabal al Akhdar Destrict the day.