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 Kufrah Oasis”, “Cúfra Oasis”, “El-Càfra”, “Kufara”, “Kufra”, “Kufrah”, and “Oasis of Kufrah

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Jawf.

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is a town of 31,000 people in Kufra district, southeastern . The city lies in the largest oasis in the Kufra basin.

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
  • Arabic: الكفره
  • Arabic: كفرة
  • Arabic: واحة الكفرة
  • Armenian: Կուֆրա
  • Azerbaijani: Kufrə
  • Bengali: কুফরা
  • Catalan: Al Jufra
  • Catalan: Al-Jufra
  • Catalan: Al-Kufra
  • Catalan: Djawf Kufra
  • Catalan: Djoufra
  • Catalan: Djufra
  • Catalan: Giofra
  • Catalan: Joufra
  • Catalan: Jufra
  • Catalan: Kufra
  • Chinese: 库夫拉
  • Chinese: 庫夫拉
  • Danish: Cufra
  • Dutch: Kufra
  • Egyptian Arabic: الكفره
  • Esperanto: Kufra-oazo
  • Esperanto: Kufra
  • Finnish: Al-Kufra
  • Finnish: Al-Kufrah
  • Finnish: Kufra
  • Finnish: Kufran keidas
  • French: El Giof
  • French: Koufra
  • French: Kufrah
  • French: Oasis de Koufra
  • Galician: Kufra
  • Georgian: კუფრა
  • Georgian: კუფრის ოაზისი
  • German: Kufra-Oasen
  • German: Kufra
  • German: Kuftah
  • Greek: Κούφρα
  • Gujarati: કુફ્રા
  • Hebrew: אל-כופרה
  • Hindi: कुफरा
  • Hungarian: Kufra
  • Indonesian: Kufra
  • Italian: Cufra
  • Italian: Kufra
  • Italian: Kufrah
  • Italian: Oasi di Cufra
  • Japanese: アルクフラ
  • 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: Al Qufra
  • Spanish: Al-Qufra
  • Spanish: Kufra
  • Swedish: Al Kufrah
  • Swedish: Al-Kufrah
  • Swedish: Cufra
  • Swedish: Kufra
  • Tajik: Вилояти Ал Куфраҳ
  • Tamil: குபிரா
  • Telugu: కుఫ్రా
  • Thai: กูฟรา
  • Turkish: Küfre
  • Ukrainian: Куфра
  • Urdu: کوفرا
  • Vietnamese: Kufra
  • Zulu: Kufra

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kufra Airport and Jabal aţ Ţallāb.

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