Jikharra

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.

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