Bani Walid
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Bani Walid is a town in northwestern Libya known as a traditional stronghold of the Warfalla tribe and a site of significant conflict during the 2011 Libyan civil war.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | local administrative centre ⓘ |
| climateClassification | BWh (Köppen) ⓘ |
| conflictRole | Gaddafi loyalist stronghold in 2011 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy | forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi during much of 2011 conflict ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 31.75°N 13.98°E ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | October 2011 ⓘ |
| demographicsCharacteristic | largely tribal society ⓘ |
| distanceFromTripoli | approximately 180 kilometres southeast of Tripoli ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 300 metres ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| governedBy | local councils after 2011 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalityStatus | municipality of Libya ⓘ |
| hasType | oasis settlement ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Fezzan–Tripolitania interface ⓘ |
| knownFor |
resistance to anti-Gaddafi forces in 2011
ⓘ
traditional stronghold of the Warfalla tribe ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Libya ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Misrata District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerAdministrativeTerritory | Bani Walid District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicRegion | Sahara Desert fringe ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+2 ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | served as defensive position during 2011 war ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Libyan interior plateau
ⓘ
Wadi Merdum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Libyan Civil War (2011)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tripolitania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| post2011Status | site of intermittent clashes in subsequent Libyan conflicts ⓘ |
| regionallyKnownAs | Warfalla heartland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
connected by road to Misrata
ⓘ
connected by road to Tripoli ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
fighting during the 2011 Libyan civil war
ⓘ
siege of Bani Walid in 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | controls access routes between coastal cities and interior ⓘ |
| tribalComposition | predominantly Warfalla ⓘ |
| tribalStrongholdOf | Warfalla tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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