Jikharra (إجخرة Ijkharrah) is a desert oasis town formerly in the Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in north-eastern Libya.
[2] Prior to 2007, it was in the Ajdabiya District.
After 2015[3] it was in Jikharra District (بلدية إجخرة).
[4] In 1929, during the Second Italo-Senussi War, a battle took place in the desert near the town at Al-Koz and Abu Athila, in which 241 Senussi fighters were killed.
[5] This Libya location article is a stub.