Ajaylat (Arabic: العجيلات al ʿajaylat) is the name of a region and small city located in the Nuqat al Khams district of Libya.

The first of these is known as Gehat al-Wadi (جهة الوادي) Aulād Hamid, which consists of; Al-e’rīshāt ( العريشات); Al-ma’īzāt (المعيزات); Ul-qauādī (القواضى); and Al-hersheh (الهرشة) tribes.

The total population in the minţaqa (area) Al-A’jēlāt is estimated at 100,000 individuals scattered among those tribes.

The Ajaylat region is most famous for the cultivation of palm trees, olives and various types of vegetables.

On 14 August 2011, anti-Gaddafi forces fighting in the Libyan Civil War claimed they had taken Ajaylat.