Bayda

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Bayda is a city in eastern Libya that has served as a significant political center, including as a meeting place for the Tobruk-based House of Representatives.

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Bayda canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
alternativeName Al Bayda
Al-Bayda
El Beida
climate Mediterranean climate
country Libya
governingBody local authorities aligned at times with the Tobruk-based government
hasFeature political offices
public administrative buildings
urban municipality
hasFunction administrative center
commercial center
hasGovernmentBody municipal council of Bayda
hasNameInArabic البيضاء
hasNearbyCity Benghazi
Derna
hasTransportation road connections to other eastern Libyan cities
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn eastern Libya
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Cyrenaica
locatedInRegion northeastern Libya
locatedOnContinent Africa
majorReligion Islam
partOf Libyan Coastal Plain
surface form: Libyan coastal region
partOfConflictContext Libyan civil conflict post-2011
politicalSignificance center of rival Libyan political institutions after 2014
venue for sessions of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives
role political center
timeZone Eastern European Time
usedAs meeting place of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives
utcOffset +2

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