Bayda, Libie
Al Bayda (Arabic: البيضاء Al Baiḍāʾ Ar-Al Bayda.ogg (help·info)), an aa spelt Al-Baidhah, El-Beda an Beida an kent as Beda Littoria unner Italian occupation, is a commercial an industrial ceety in Libie.
Bayda (El beida) البيضاء | |
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Ceety | |
  Bayda (El beida) Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′59″N 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°E 21°44′30″E / 32.76639°N 21.74167°E | |
| Kintra |  Libie |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| Destrict | Jabal al Akhdar |
| Settled | • Balagrae (circa early 1st millennium BCE) • az-Zawiyya al-Bayda(in 1840) • Beda Littoria (in 1933) • Al-Bayda (Elbeida) (in 1950s) |
| Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 250,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Al Bayda's history stretches back tae Auncient Greece, when it wis kent as Balagrae. Ane o the greatest attractions in the ceety the day is the tomb o a famous companion o the Prophet Muhammad, Ruwaifi bin Thabit al-Ansari. For that reason, the ceety wis kent as Sidi Rafaa efter him. Efter the arrival o Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi in the aurie in the 19t century, an the construction o a zawiya, the ceety wis renamed Az Zawiya Al Bayda.
The modren ceety wis built in the 1950s. It wis oreeginally intendit tae be the new capital o Libie, an maist o the necessary govrenment biggins wut constructit there. Eventually, the plan tae move the caipital frae Tripoli tae Al Bayda wis dropped. Al Bayda is the admeenistrative seat for Al Jabal al Akhdar Destrict the day.
Twin touns an sister ceeties
Bayda is twinned wi:
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