Coordinates: 32°43′48″N 21°54′22″E / 32.73000°N 21.90611°E / 32.73000; 21.90611

Qirnada

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Qirnada
قرنادة
Ghernada
Town
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CountryFile:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictJabal al Akhdar
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total
3,415
Time zoneUTC + 2

Qirnada or Ghirnada (Arabic: قرنادة) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. It is located 20 km south of Bayda.[2]

During Italian colonization it was named Battisti.[3] after the Italian patriot and Irredentism martyr Cesare Battisti and was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto.

References

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  1. ^ Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p. 122.
  2. ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
  3. ^ Salem el Kebti, "Libia..Maseerat al Istiqlal…Watha'iq Mahalliya wa Dawliya", Part 1, ad-Dar al-Arabiya lil Uloum Nashiroun, 1st ed., 2012, p.350.