Ghat, Libya

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Ghat, Libya is a remote desert town in southwestern Libya near the Algerian border, known for its Tuareg culture, historic rock art sites, and location on the edge of the Sahara.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ghat, Libya canonical 1
Southwestern Libya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Ghat District ⓘ
borderTownWith Algeria ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 24.96°N 10.18°E ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
economicActivity pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 700 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg
hasCulturalEvent Tuareg cultural festivals ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Acacus Mountains rock art ⓘ
hasTraditionalArchitecture fortified structures ⓘ
mud-brick houses ⓘ
historicalRole oasis town ⓘ
trans-Saharan caravan stop ⓘ
knownFor Sahara Desert landscapes ⓘ
Tuareg culture ⓘ
historic rock art sites ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification BWh ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Tamasheq ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Libya ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ghat District ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInDesert Sahara Desert ⓘ
locatedInRegion Fezzan ⓘ
locatedInSubregion North Africa ⓘ
locatedNear Algeria ⓘ
Algerian border ⓘ
locatedOn edge of the Sahara ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Tadrart Acacus ⓘ
nearbyGeographicFeature Acacus Mountains ⓘ
partOf Ghat District ⓘ
population several thousand inhabitants ⓘ
regionType remote desert town ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection road to Sabha ⓘ
terrainFeature rocky plateaus ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
wadis ⓘ
timezone UTC+2 ⓘ
transportConnection Ghat Airport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghat Airport → cityServed → Ghat, Libya ⓘ
Murzuq District → locatedIn → Southwestern Libya ⓘ
linked to: Ghat, Libya