Al Wigh

Al Wigh
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Al Wigh

Location in Libya

Coordinates: 24°14′42.31″N 14°33′57.95″E / 24.2450861°N 14.5660972°E / 24.2450861; 14.5660972Coordinates: 24°14′42.31″N 14°33′57.95″E / 24.2450861°N 14.5660972°E / 24.2450861; 14.5660972
Country  Libya
Region Fezzan
District Murzuq
Elevation[1] 1,558 ft (475 m)
Population (2009)
 • Total 300
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost[2] and military base[3] in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, Tripoli,[4] and about 500 kilometres to the Niger-Chad border.[3]

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.[3][5]

References

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