Sirte, Libya

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city

Sirte, Libya is a coastal city on the Mediterranean Sea that gained international prominence as Muammar Gaddafi’s final stronghold and the site of his death during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sirte	5
Sirte District	2
سرت	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
capturedBy	National Transitional Council forces in October 2011 ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
coastalCity	true ⓘ
controlledBy	Gaddafi era ⓘ surface form: Gaddafi government until 2011
coordinateLatitude	31.2000°N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	16.6000°E ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
countryCapitalDistance	approximately 450 km east of Tripoli ⓘ
dateOfCapture	20 October 2011 ⓘ
economicActivity	administrative services ⓘ trade ⓘ
event	Battle of Sirte (2011) ⓘ Battle of Sirte (2016) ⓘ
governorateCapitalStatus	district capital ⓘ
hasUniversity	Sirte University ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gulf of Sidra ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Sidra area
isCapitalOf	Sirte, Libya self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sirte District
languageMajority	Arabic ⓘ
liberatedBy	forces aligned with Government of National Accord in 2016 ⓘ
locatedIn	Libya ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Sirte, Libya self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sirte District
locatedOn	Gulf of Sidra ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
nativeName	Sirte, Libya self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: سرت
nearbyAirport	Gardabya Airport ⓘ
nearbyGeographicFeature	Gulf of Sidra ⓘ
notableFor	Muammar Gaddafi’s final stronghold ⓘ location of Muammar Gaddafi’s death in 2011 ⓘ role in 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
occupiedBy	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2015 ⓘ
officialName	Sirte, Libya self-link ⓘ surface form: Sirte
partOf	Tripolitania ⓘ
politicalSignificance	symbolic center for Gaddafi regime ⓘ
populationEstimate	approximately 80,000 ⓘ
post2011Damage	severe urban destruction ⓘ
postConflictChallenge	presence of unexploded ordnance ⓘ reconstruction needs ⓘ
regionType	coastal plain ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
roadConnection	Coastal Highway of Libya ⓘ
strategicImportance	controls central Libyan coastline ⓘ lies on coastal highway between Tripoli and Benghazi ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Sirte, Libya → isCapitalOf → Sirte, Libya self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sirte

this entity surface form: Sirte District

Brega → locatedEastOf → Sirte, Libya ⓘ