Rashida
Rashida is a desert village in the Jalo oasis of the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It lies approximately 3.7 kilometres southwest of the town of Jalu. According to a report from 1951, the population was approximately 600.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Rashida, Libya”, “Rashidah”, and “Rāshidah”
Rashida
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al Wahat District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.01487° or 29° 0′ 54″ northLongitude
21.51621° or 21° 30′ 58″ eastElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
7GX32G78+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1565512611OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Rashida” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رشيدة”
- Arabic: “رشيده”
- Dutch: “Rashida”
- Egyptian Arabic: “راشيدا”
- French: “Rasceda”
- Georgian: “რაშიდა”
- Irish: “Rashida”
- Persian: “رشیده”
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