Bir Hakeim
Bir Hakeim is the site of a former Ottoman fort in the Libyan desert. The fort was built around the site of an ancient Roman well, dating to the period when the oasis was part of Ottoman Tripolitania.
- Ruin
- …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (560 feet)
- Description: village
- Also known as“Bi’r al Ḩakīm”“Bi’r al Ḩukayyim”
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Latitude
31.59395° or 31° 35′ 38″ north
Longitude
23.47977° or 23° 28′ 47″ east
Open location code
8G35HFVH+HW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Somali—“Bir Hakeim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بئر حكيم”
- Catalan: “Bir Hacheim”
- Catalan: “Bir Hakeim”
- Chinese: “比尔哈基姆”
- Czech: “Bir Hacheim”
- Czech: “Bír Hakím”
- Danish: “Bir Hakeim”
- Dutch: “Bir Hakeim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بير حكيم”
- French: “Bir Acheim”
- French: “Bir Hacheim”
- French: “Bir Hakeim”
- German: “Bir Hacheim”
- German: “Bir Hakeim”
- Hausa: “Bir Hakeim”
- Italian: “Bir Hacheim”
- Italian: “Bir Hakeim”
- Japanese: “ビル・ハケイム”
- Polish: “Bir al-Hakim”
- Russian: “Бир-Хакейм (форт)”
- Russian: “Бир-Хакейм”
- Somali: “Bir Hakeim”
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