Shahhat
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Shahhat is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya
. Cyrene
was located in the same area in ancient times. It is located 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) east of Bayda.
Shahhat is linked with Derna by two roads, the inner one running through Al Qubah
is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway and the coastal one running through Susa
and Ras al Helal
.
During the 2011 civil war
, the city was one of the fist to fall under rebel
control.
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
. Cyrene
Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony and then a Roman city in present-day Shahhat, Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times.Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar...
was located in the same area in ancient times. It is located 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) east of Bayda.
Shahhat is linked with Derna by two roads, the inner one running through Al Qubah
Al Qubah
Quba or Qoba was one of the 32 districts of Libya. In 2007 it became part of the Derna District. The population of the former district was approximately 93,000.In the north, Al Qubah had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea...
is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway and the coastal one running through Susa
Susa, Libya
Susa or Soussa is a town and seaside resort in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. Susa stands by the ruins of Apollonia, Cyrenaica.The town contains the Apollonia Museum. It is located about 30 km northeast of Bayda....
and Ras al Helal
Ras al Helal
Ra's al Helal is a village on the Mediterranean coast in the Jebel Akhdar foothills, in the northeastern region of Cyrenaica, Libya. Ra's al Helal, , takes its name from its cape landform which is crescent shaped when viewed from above in the surrounding mountains. The village is in the District...
.
During the 2011 civil war
2011 Libyan civil war
The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...
, the city was one of the fist to fall under rebel
National Transitional Council
The National Transitional Council of Libya , sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, the Interim National Council, or the Libyan National Council,...
control.