Quba or Qoba (''Al Qubah'') was one of the 32

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. In 2007 it became part of the

Derna District Derna ( ''Darnah'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northeast of the country, in the historical region of Cyrenaica. Its capital is Derna. In 2007 the district was enlarged to include what had been the Al Qubah District. In the ...

. The population of the former district was approximately 93,000. In the north, Al Qubah had a shoreline on the

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. On land, it bordered the following districts: * Derna - northeast * Butnan - east * Al Wahat - south *

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- west The administrative centre was the town of

Quba Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District (Azerbaijan), Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Shahdagh, Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the ...

, some 8 kilometres inland from the coast, which was also known as Giovanni Berta during Italian colonial times. Transcription from

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has led to various spellings, such as Al Qubbah, Gubba, Al Gubbah, El-Gubba and El-Gúbba. During World War II, it was also dubbed "Gub-Gub" by the allied troops.

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