Awjila (Arabic: أوجلة) is an oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. Since classical times it has been known as a place where high quality dates are farmed. From the Arab conquest in the 7th century, Islam has played an important role in the community. The oasis is located on the east-west caravan route between Egypt and Tripoli, Libya, and on the north-south route between Benghazi and the Sahel between Lake Chad and Darfur, and in the past was an important trading center. The people cultivate small gardens using water from deep wells. Recently, the oil industry has become an increasingly important source of employment.
Awjila (Arabic: أوجلة) is an oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. Since classical times it has been known...
Awjila (also Aujila, Augila, Aoudjila, Awgila, Awdjila; own name: Jlan n Awilen; in other Berber varieties Tawjilit) is a severely endangered (considered...
are a group of Berber languages spoken in Libya and Egypt. They include Awjila, Sokna and Fezzan (El-Fogaha), Siwi and Ghadamès, though it is not clear...
They also practiced Polygamy The Nasamones were centred in the oases of Awjila and Siwa in the Libyan Desert. They used war chariots with four horses,...
Cyrenaica Cyrenaica within Libya Capital Benghazi Common languages Arabic, Awjila Berber Religion Islam Government Absolute monarchy Emir • 1949–1951 Idris...
meant control of trade on a particular route. For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times...
continuum stretching from eastern Morocco to the Siwa Oasis) Kabyle Ghadames Awjila The Zenatic block is typically divided into the Zenati and Eastern Berber...
Alguenan, Awjila, Jalu, Jikharra and Maradah. The following major towns are located within Al Wahat District, as of 2007: Ajdabiya, Awjila, Labba, El...
Calanshio Sand Sea. The Libyan Desert is home to a few oases, including Awjila and Jaghbub. The Berbers were the earliest recorded inhabitants of Cyrenaica...
stretching between Nafusi and Sokna that excluded Awjila, and went on to have some influence on Awjila after this dialect continuum's breakup. The "Endangered...
reported an oasis in the land of the Berdoa, visited by a caravan coming from Awjila. It is possible that this oasis was identical with either the Al Jawf or...
of Libya in antiquity. Pomponius Mela reported that the Augilae (Modern Awjila in Libya) considered the spirits of their ancestors to be deities. They...
routes. A new trade route to the north was found, via Ennedi, Kufra and Jalu-Awjila to Benghazi, and Sabun outfitted royal caravans to take advantage of it...
Fezzan Extinct (date missing) Language family Afro-Asiatic Berber Eastern Awjila–Sokna Sokna Dialects Sokna Fezzan (Foqaha, Tmessa) Language codes ISO 639-3...
Atiq Mosque (Benghazi), in Benghazi, Libya Atiq Mosque, Awjila, in the oasis town of Awjila, Libya This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
permitted to administer autonomously the oases around Kufra, Jalu, Jaghbub, Awjila, and Ajdabiya. As part of the Accord he was given a monthly stipend by the...
Abasgi, and the Tzanni in Caucasia. The worship of Amun at the oasis of Awjila in the Libyan desert was abolished, and so were the remnants of the worship...
permitted to autonomously administer the oases around Kufra, Jalu, Jaghbub, Awjila, and Ajdabiya. As part of the Accord he was given a monthly stipend by the...
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