Tajura

Tajura

تاجوراء
Tagiura
Tajura تاجوراء Tagiura
	Tajura Location in Libya
	Coordinates: 32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E
Country	Libya
Muhafazah	Greater Tripoli
Baladiyah	Tajura
Government
• Governing body	Tajura Municipal Council
Elevation	6 m (22 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	325,836
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

32°52′54.59″N 13°20′23.76″E / 32.8818306°N 13.3399333°E / 32.8818306; 13.3399333

Tajura (Arabic: تاجوراء, romanized: Tājūrā; Italian: Tagiura), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Tripoli.^[2]

From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.

History

The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531.^[3] Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.

Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.^[4]^[5] A fire broke out in an outbuilding in April 2024, which the Libyan Atomic Energy Commission reported as under control.^[5]

During the second Libyan Civil War, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.

The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).

Districts of Tajura

Goot Al-Rumman
Abe Al Ash'her
Al-Marouhna
Al Hamidiya
Al Kwateb
Al'aswal
Awlad Al Turki
Be'ar Al Sanyaa
Shatt al-Sidi Othman (Sidi Othman)
Btisp
Be'ar Al Osta Milad
El Atamana
Dakhla
Rima
Diyar Jaber
Almchai - Aribat - and the cemetery Sahaabi and Hada title Almchai
Market - the middle
Goudec
Punishment (the headquarters of the commander Uqba)
Al Knadra
Andilsi
Shatt span
al mashin
Wadi Al Rabie

References

^ 15 years and older (Libyan and non-Libyan) see bsc.ly
^ Ham, Anthony (2002) "East of Tripoli: Tajura to Al-Khoms" Libya Lonely Planet, Hawthorn, Victoria, Canada, page 133, ISBN 0-86442-699-2
^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (2005) A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period page 192
^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2005) SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, disarmament and international security Humanities Press, New York, page 636, OCLC 2211125
^ ^a ^b "Fire at Libya's Tajoura nuclear research centre". Nuclear Engineering International. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.