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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: village
- Also known as: “Bi’r al Hakim”, “Bi’r al Ḩakīm”, and “Bi’r al Ḩukayyim”
Bir Hakeim
- Categories: abandoned village, oasis, archaeological site, water well, fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Butnan District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Bir Hakeim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بئر حكيم”
- Catalan: “Bir Hacheim”
- Catalan: “Bir Hakeim”
- Catalan: “Bir-Hakeim”
- Chinese: “比尔哈基姆”
- Czech: “Bir Hacheim”
- Czech: “Bír Hakím”
- Danish: “Bir Hakeim”
- Dutch: “Bir Hakeim (oase)”
- Dutch: “Bir Hakeim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بير حكيم”
- French: “Bir Acheim”
- French: “Bir Hacheim”
- French: “Bir Hakeim”
- German: “Bir Hacheim”
- German: “Bir Hakeim”
- Italian: “Bir Hacheim”
- Italian: “Bir Hakeim”
- Japanese: “ビル・ハケイム”
- Polish: “Bir al-Hakim”
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