Qasr bin Ghashir

Qasr Bin Ghashir meaning "Ghashir Palace" is a town in the , of the Tripolitania region in northwestern . Named after Abdullah Ben Ghashir, due to his majority proprietary holding of the land in the region.
Wikipedia
  • Type: City with 6,570 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Bab bin Ghashir”, “Bin Gashir”, “Castel Benito”, “Castelbenito”, “Qasr Bin Ghashir”, “Qaşr Bin Ghashīr”, “Бенгашир”, “باب بن غشير”, “بن غشير”, “حي باب بن غشير”, and “ⵇⵚⵔ ⴱⵏ ⵖⵛⵉⵔ قصر بن غشير Qasr Bin Ghashir”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tripoli International Airport.

Aerodrome
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Qasr bin Ghashir

Latitude
32.686° or 32° 41′ 10″ north
Longitude
13.1765° or 13° 10′ 35″ east
Population
6,570
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8F4MM5PG+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1565512489
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2213618
Wiki­data ID
Q84168
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Qasr bin Ghashir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر بن غشير”
  • Belarusian: “Каср-Бен-Гашыр”
  • Dutch: “Qasr bin Ghashir”
  • French: “Kasr ben Ghachir”
  • Georgian: “ქასრ-ბენ-ღაშირი”
  • German: “Ben Gashir”
  • German: “Qasr bin Ghaschir”
  • Italian: “Ben Gascir”
  • Italian: “Castillo Benito”
  • Portuguese: “Alcácer ibne Gaxir”
  • Russian: “Бин-Гашир”
  • Russian: “Каср-Бен-Гашир”
  • Zulu: “Qasr bin Ghashir”

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Places to explore: Abu Dhahir and Hay Al Malja.

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