El Magrun

Village in Cyrenaica, Libya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

El Magrun (Arabic: المقرون) is a village in the Benghazi District, of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya.

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El Magrun
المقرون
Village
Funduq's gate at El Magrun.
Funduq's gate at El Magrun.
El Magrun is located in Libya
El Magrun
El Magrun
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°35′21″N 19°59′20″E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictBenghazi
Population
 (2006)[1]
  Total
3,217
Time zoneUTC + 2
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History

El Magrun was named after Sidi Ahmed El Magrun.

El Magrun is the site of a former Italian concentration camp for the nomadic tribes that lived in Eastern Libya (Cyrenaica), and for those in the Libyan resistance movement, during the colonial Italian North Africa and Italian Libya periods.

Geography

El Magrun is located 80 km south of Benghazi and 80 km north of Ajdabiya.

The village is linked with Benghazi by two roads: The Benghazi-Qaminis-Magrun road (part of Libyan Coastal Highway), and the Benghazi-Suluq-Magrun road.

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