Rashida
اَلرَّشِيدَة Rasceda | |
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Village | |
Rashida Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 29°1′N 21°31′E / 29.017°N 21.517°E / 29.017; 21.517 | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Al Wahat |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Rashida1 (Rasceda2) is a desert village in the Jalo oasis of the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It lies approximately 3.7 kilometres (2.3 miles) southwest of the town of Jalu. According to a report from 1951, the population was approximately 600.3
References
References
- Rāshidah (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Rasceda (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Walton, Kenneth (1952) "The Aberdeen University Expedition to Cyrenaica, 1951: Part 2: The oasis of Jalo" Scottish Geographical Magazine 68(3): pp. 110–119, page 118