Shawashina
Shawashina is a desert town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. It was in the former Ajdabiya District until 2007.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Libya
- Also known as: “Ash Shawashinah”, “Ash Shawāshinah”, “El Shawashna”, and “Esc-Sciuáscena”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Awjila.
Awjila
Town
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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. Awjila is situated 3½ km south of Shawashina.
Shawashina
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al Wahat District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.17167° or 29° 10′ 18″ northLongitude
21.29417° or 21° 17′ 39″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
7GX357CV+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1565509781OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Shawashina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشويشينه”
- Arabic: “شواشينة”
- Dutch: “Shawashina”
- Irish: “Shawashina”
- Persian: “شواشینه”
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