Qasr Abu Hadi
قصر ابو هادي
Village
Qasr Abu Hadi is located in Libya
Qasr Abu Hadi
Qasr Abu Hadi
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°03′34″N 16°39′32″E / 31.05944°N 16.65889°E / 31.05944; 16.65889
Country Libya
DistrictSirte
Population
 (2012)
  Total5,075
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Qasr Abu Hadi (Arabic: قصر ابو هادي, romanized: Qaṣr Abū Hādī) is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.[1] It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.[2]

References

  1. "World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
  2. "Libya's opposition: Where green refuses to fade". The Economist. 29 June 2013.
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