Kabaw, Kabao or Cabao ( ar, كاباو) is a town in the

Nalut District Nalut ( ar, نالوت ''Nālūt'', ber, Nalut ''Lalūt'') is one of the districts of Libya. Its capital is the city of Nalut. The second most notable city is Ghadames. To the north and west, Nalut district borders Tunisia (Medenine and Tataouin ...

in northwestern

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 lies just off the

Gharyan Gharyan is a city in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District, located 80 km south of Tripoli. Prior to 2007, it was the administrative seat of Gharyan District. Gharyan is one of the largest towns in the Western Mountains. In 2005, ...

–

Nalut Nalut (sometimes Lalút) ( ar, نالوت) is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya. Nalut lies approximately halfway between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region. The ...

road and about west of Jadu,Ham, Anthony (2007) "Kabaw" ''Libya'' (second edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia
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on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the

Nafusa Mountains The Nafusa Mountains (Berber: ''Adrar n Infusen'' (Nafusa Mountain), ar, جبل نفوسة (Western mountain)) are a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It also includes their regions around the escarpment fo ...

History

Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, it was occupied by the French military and governed from

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. It was returned to Libyan control in 1951.

Attractions

Kabaw is home to the ''ghurfas'' or "Ksar Kabaw" a Berber hilltop village-fort, now abandoned. The ''ghurfas'' is built mainly of rock, gypsum and adobe, with doors made of palm wood. The Spring Qsar Festival is held in April almost every year.Battersby, Vanessa; Vladisavljevic, Branislava and Kamimura, Yukiyoshi (2007) "Qasr Festival (Kabaw, Libya)" ''Lonely Planet Middle East Phrasebook'' Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia
page 245

Notes

External links

"Kabaw Map — Satellite Images of Kabaw"
Maplandia World Gazetteer {{Nalut Populated places in Nalut District Berber populated places Baladiyat of Libya