Oases of Khufra

Kufra is a basin and oasis group in the of southeastern in . At the end of the 19th century, Kufra became the centre and holy place of the Senussi order.
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  • Type: Oasis
  • Description: oasis in Lybia
  • Also known as: “Al Jufra”, “Al Kufrah”, “Al Kufrah Oasis”, “Al Qufra”, “Al-Jufra”, “Al-Kufra”, “Al-Kufrah”, “Al-Qufra”, “Cúfra Oasis”, “Djawf Kufra”, “Djoufra”, “Djufra”, “El Giof”, “El-Càfra”, “Giofra”, “Joufra”, “Jufra”, “Kufara”, “Kufra”, “Kufra-oazo”, “Kufrah”, “Kufran keidas”, “Kuftah”, “Oasi di Cufra”, “Oasis de Koufra”, “Oasis of Kufrah”, “კუფრის ოაზისი”, “كفرة”, “واحة الكفرة”, and “アルクフラ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Jawf.

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is a town of 31,000 people in Kufra district, southeastern .

Oases of Khufra

Latitude
24.16667° or 24° 10′ north
Longitude
23.25° or 23° 15′ east
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
IATA airport code
AKF
Open location code
7GP55782+M2
Geo­Names ID
88931
Wiki­data ID
Q172114
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Oases of Khufra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكفرة”
  • Armenian: “Կուֆրա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kufrə”
  • Bengali: “কুফরা”
  • Catalan: “Kufra”
  • Chinese: “库夫拉”
  • Chinese: “庫夫拉”
  • Danish: “Cufra”
  • Dutch: “Kufra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكفره”
  • Esperanto: “Kufra”
  • Finnish: “Kufra”
  • French: “Koufra”
  • Galician: “Kufra”
  • Georgian: “კუფრა”
  • German: “Kufra-Oasen”
  • German: “Kufra”
  • Greek: “Κούφρα”
  • Gujarati: “કુફ્રા”
  • Hausa: “Kufra”
  • Hebrew: “אל-כופרה”
  • Hindi: “कुफ़रा”
  • Hungarian: “Kufra”
  • Indonesian: “Kufra”
  • Italian: “Cufra”
  • Japanese: “クフラ”
  • Kannada: “ಕುಫ್ರಾ”
  • Korean: “쿠프라”
  • Latvian: “Kufra”
  • Lithuanian: “Kufra”
  • Malay: “Kufra”
  • Marathi: “कुफरा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kufra”
  • Persian: “کفره”
  • Polish: “Kufra”
  • Portuguese: “Al Kufra”
  • Portuguese: “Cufra”
  • Russian: “Куфра”
  • Scots: “Kufra”
  • Sinhala: “කුෆ්රා”
  • Spanish: “Kufra”
  • Swedish: “Kufra”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ал Куфраҳ”
  • Tamil: “குபிரா”
  • Telugu: “కుఫ్రా”
  • Thai: “กูฟรา”
  • Turkish: “Küfre”
  • Ukrainian: “Куфра”
  • Urdu: “کفرہ (لیبیا)”
  • Urdu: “کفرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Kufra”
  • Zulu: “Kufra”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: El Tag and Qabābū.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kufra Airport and Jabal aţ Ţallāb.

Libya: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Tripoli and Benghazi.

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