Nafusa Mountains

The Nafusa Mountains is a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern . It also includes the regions around the escarpment formed where the northern end of the Tripolitanian Plateau meets the Mediterranean coastal plain or the Jefara.
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Nafusa Mountains

Latitude
31.8649° or 31° 51′ 54″ north
Longitude
11.7933° or 11° 47′ 36″ east
Elevation
640 metres (2,100 feet)
Open location code
8F3HVQ7V+X8
Geo­Names ID
10338121
Wiki­data ID
Q165620
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Nafusa Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الجبل الغربي
  • Arabic: بلاد نفوسة
  • Basque: Nafusa mendiak
  • Catalan: Jabal Nafusa
  • Chinese: 奈富塞山
  • Dutch: Nafoesagebergte
  • Egyptian Arabic: الجبل الغربى
  • Esperanto: Nafusa-montaro
  • French: Djebel Nefoussa
  • Georgian: ნაფუსის ქედი
  • German: Dschabal Nafusa
  • Hebrew: נפוסה
  • Hungarian: Nefúsza-hegység
  • Indonesian: Pegunungan Nafusa
  • Italian: Gebel Nefusa
  • Japanese: ナフサ山地
  • Kabyle: Adrar n infusen
  • Kabyle: Adrar n Yenfusen
  • Ladin: Dschabal Nafusa
  • Macedonian: Нефуски Планини
  • Persian: کوهستان نفوسه
  • Polish: Dżabal Nafusa
  • Portuguese: Montanhas Nafuça
  • Portuguese: Yebel Nefusa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jebel Nafusa
  • Slovenian: Gorovje Nafusa
  • Spanish: Montañas Nafusa
  • Spanish: Yebel Nefusa
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵏⴼⵓⵙⴰ
  • Swedish: Nafusa Mountains
  • Swedish: Nafusabergen
  • Venetian: Gebel Nefusa

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