Ubari

Coordinates: 26°35′N 12°46′E / 26.583°N 12.767°E / 26.583; 12.767
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Ubari
أوباري
Awbari
Town
UTC+2
License Plate Code24

Ubari or Awbari (

Sahara Desert. It was the capital of the former baladiyah
(district) called Awbari, in the southwest of the country.

Geography

Ubari is in the Targa valley, lying between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

The Ubari oasis settlement is the second center for the Kel Ajjer Tuareg people, after Ghat. Neighbouring villages include Germa, and Garran.

Ubari is located in one of the sunniest and driest areas in the world. It has a

hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification
BWh) with short, very warm winters but long, extremely hot summers. Average annual rainfall is one of the lowest found on the planet with only 8 mm (0.31 in) and many decades may easily pass without seeing any rainfall at all. Ubari has permanent, unlimited sunshine and clear skies all year round and in all seasons. Clouds are extremely rare over this bone-dry land. Average high temperatures exceed 40 °C (104 °F) from June to September.

NC186 is an oil field in southwest Ubari, operated by Repsol.

Libyan civil wars

During the

2011 Libyan civil war the town was captured by the forces of the National Transitional Council on 22 September 2011.[2]

On 19 November 2011,

2nd civil war, the city has been claimed by independent Tuareg and Toubou tribes.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wolfram Alpha
  2. New York Times
    . Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam captured in Libya". BBC. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

External links

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