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Tajura
Town in Greater Tripoli, Libya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tajura (Arabic: تاجوراء, romanized: Tājūrā), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Tripoli.[2]
From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.
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History
The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531.[3] Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.
Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.[4][5] A fire broke out in an outbuilding in April 2024, which the Libyan Atomic Energy Commission reported as under control.[5]
During the Libyan crisis, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.
The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).
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Districts of Tajura
- Goot Al-Rumman
- Abe Al Ash'her
- Al-Marouhna
- Al Hamidiya
- Al Kwateb
- Al'aswal
- Awlad Al Turki
- Be'ar Al Sanyaa
- Shatt al-Sidi Othman (Sidi Othman)
- Btisp
- Be'ar Al Osta Milad
- El Atamana
- Dakhla
- Rima
- Diyar Jaber
- Almchai - Aribat - and the cemetery Sahaabi and Hada title Almchai
- Market - the middle
- Goudec
- Punishment (the headquarters of the commander Uqba)
- Al Knadra
- Andilsi
- Shatt span
- al mashin
- Wadi Al Rabie
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References
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