Tajura ( ar, تاجوراء, translit=Tājūrā), also spelt ''Tajoura'', is a town in north-western

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, and

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in the

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, on the

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coast east of

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Tripoli

. From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the

Tajura wa Arba' District Tajura ( ar, تاجوراء, translit=Tājūrā), also spelt ''Tajoura'', is a town in north-western Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in th ...

. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.

History

The

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established a base at Tajura in 1531. Under the command of

Hayreddin Barbarossa Hayreddin Barbarossa ( ar, خير الدين بربروس, Khayr al-Din Barbarus, original name Khiḍr), also known as Hızır Hayrettin Pasha, and simply Hızır Reis (c. 1466/1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman corsair and later admiral ...

, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the

Knights of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta; ...

in 1530 when

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, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli (1551), Siege of Tripoli. Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 megawatt reactor, built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2005) ''SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, disarmament and international security'' Humanities Press, New York
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During the second Libyan Civil War, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion (Libya), 101 Battalion. The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).

Districts of Tajura

* Goot Al-Rumman * Abe Al Ash'her * Al-Marouhna * Al Hamidiya * Al Kwateb * Al'aswal * Awlad Al Turki * Be'ar Al Sanyaa * Shatt al-Sidi Othman (Sidi Othman) * Btisp * Be'ar Al Osta Milad * El Atamana * Dakhla * Rima * Diyar Jaber * Almchai - Aribat - and the cemetery Sahaabi and Hada title Almchai * Market - the middle * Goudec * Punishment (the headquarters of the commander Uqba) * Al Knadra * Andilsi * Shatt span * al mashin * Wadi Al Rabie

Tourism in Tajura

* Tajura tourist village Sidi al-Andalus. Used occasionally as a meeting place by Muammar al-Gaddafi. Mainly used as guest house by Teknica (UK) Ltd, and for a short time by Taknia Libya. Demolished in December 2010. * Village Heroj * Fish Market * "Best Fish Restaurants and Takeways in Libya" * Tajoura city centre (Al- Muzdawaja) * The palm tree next to the mosque

Tajura Sports Centre

* Club editorial * Club Abe Al Ash'her * Club Hamidiya

References

{{reflist Populated coastal places in Libya Oases of Libya Populated places in Tripoli District Baladiyat of Libya