Al Wigh
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Al Wigh
ألويغ Al Wyg | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya |
| Region | Fezzan |
| District | Murzuq |
| Elevation | 1,558 ft (475 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 300 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Al Wigh is a small desert oasis airfield located in the Sahara Desert, army outpost[1] and military base[2] in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is about 975 kilometres south of the country's capital, Tripoli,[3] and about 500 kilometres from the Niger-Chad border.[2]
The base was the site of several small confrontations in the Southern Libyan Desert campaign in the 2011 Libyan civil war between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces (mainly Toubou tribesmen) and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces.[2][4]
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