Al Wigh

Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost and military base in the Fezzan region of southwest . It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, , and about 500 kilometres from the Niger-Chad border.
Wikipedia
  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 521 metres (1,709 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “ⵍⵡⵉⵖ”
    “ⵍⵡⵉⵖ الويغ”

Al Wigh

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Latitude
24.1939° or 24° 11′ 38″ north
Longitude
14.55182° or 14° 33′ 7″ east
Open location code
7FPP5HV2+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12631648565
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2219675
Wiki­data ID
Q287365

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al Wigh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألويغ”
  • Arabic: “الويغ”
  • Arabic: “مشروع الويغ الزراعي”
  • Cebuano: “Al Wīgh”
  • Dutch: “Al Wigh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الويج”
  • French: “Al Wyg”
  • French: “Al-Wigh”
  • German: “Al Wigh”
  • German: “Al-Wigh”
  • Persian: “ال ویق”
  • Persian: “الویق”
  • Polish: “Al-Wigh”
  • Polish: “Al-Wyg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الویق”
  • Swedish: “al-Wigh”
  • Swedish: “Al-Wigh”
  • Vietnamese: “Al Wigh”

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