Ajaylat ( ar, العجيلات ''al ʿajaylat'') is the name of a

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and small city located in the

Nuqat al Khams Nuqat al Khams ( ar, النقاط الخمس ''Nuqāṭ al Ḫams'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northwest of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital is Zuwara. Nuqat al Khams has a nor ...

district of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

. It is located roughly 80 kilometers west of

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. From 1983 to 1988, the region was a district of Libya with the city as its capital.

Tribal groups

The regional tribal groups (''qabā’il'') are currently subdivided into two primary tribal federations or sections. The first of these is known as (1) Gehat al-Wadi (جهة الوادي) ''Aulād'' Hamid, which consists of; ''Al-e’rīshāt'' ( العريشات); ''Al-ma’īzāt'' (المعيزات); ''Ul-qauādī'' (القواضى); and ''Al-hersheh'' (الهرشة).''Aulād'' means Descendants – ''Ibid'' p.1285 The second tribal federation is known as the (2) ''Aulād Rāshid'اولاد راشد', which consists of; ''Aulād Al-Sheikh''; and ''Aulād Rāshid''. Aulad Al-Shikh (اولاد الشيخ) which consists of Aulad Mousa (اولاد موسى) Aulad Bozed (اولاد ابوزيد) Al-Mashara (المشارة), and Al-Draba (الدرباء). The total population in the ''minţaqa'' (area) Al-A’jēlāt is estimated at about 100,000 individuals scattered among those tribes.

Economy

The Ajaylat region is most famous for the cultivation of

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and various types of

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. There is also a medical center.

Libyan civil war

On 14 August 2011, anti-Gaddafi forces fighting in the

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claimed they had taken Ajaylat.

Notes

{{Nuqat al Khams Ajaylat Baladiyat of Libya