Awjila
Awjila is an oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. Since classical times it has been known as a place where high quality dates are farmed.- Type: Town with 4,760 residents
- Description: oasis settlement in Libya
- Also known as: “Augila”, “Aujela”, “Aujila”, “Awjilah”, “Wajilah”, “ⴰⵡⵊⵍⴰ”, and “ⴰⵡⵊⵍⴰ أوجلة”
Awjila
- Categories: municipality of Libya and locality
- Location: Al Wahat, Libya, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.14028° or 29° 8′ 25″ north
Longitude
21.2975° or 21° 17′ 51″ east
Population
4,760
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7GX347RX+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Awjila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوجلا”
- Arabic: “أوجلة”
- Arabic: “الاواجلة”
- Arabic: “اوجلة”
- Aragonese: “Auchila”
- Asturian: “Awjila”
- Catalan: “Augila”
- Catalan: “Awdjila”
- Catalan: “Djikerra”
- Catalan: “Leshkerre”
- Cebuano: “Augila”
- Cebuano: “Awjilah”
- Chinese: “奥吉拉”
- Dutch: “Awjila”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوجله”
- Esperanto: “Aŭĝila”
- Esperanto: “Awjila”
- Finnish: “Awjilah”
- French: “Awjila”
- French: “Awjilah”
- Georgian: “აუჯილა”
- German: “Audschila”
- German: “Augila”
- Hausa: “Awjila”
- Indonesian: “Augila”
- Indonesian: “Awjila”
- Italian: “Augila”
- Japanese: “アウジラ”
- Kabyle: “Iwjilen”
- Latin: “Augila”
- Lithuanian: “Audžila”
- Malay: “Awjila”
- Malayalam: “അവ്ജില”
- Persian: “أوجله”
- Polish: “Audżila”
- Portuguese: “Aujila”
- Portuguese: “Awjila”
- Russian: “Ауджила”
- Somali: “Awjila”
- South Azerbaijani: “أوجله”
- Spanish: “Augila”
- Spanish: “Áugila”
- Spanish: “Awjila”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵡⵊⵉⵍⵏ”
- Swedish: “Augila”
- Swedish: “Awjila”
- Turkish: “Evcile”
- Urdu: “اوجلہ”
- Waray (Philippines): “Augila”
- Zulu: “Awjila”
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