Jalo Oasis (or

Jalu Jalu, Jallow, or Gialo ( ar, جالو) is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. An oasis, a city, and it is the main center of the oasis region in eastern Libya. It is located at the confluence of longitude an ...

, or Gialo) is an oasis in

Cyrenaica Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ��παρχίαKurēnaïkḗ parkhíā}, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between ...

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

, located west of the

Great Sand Sea The Great Sand Sea is an approximately sand desert (erg) in the Sahara between western Egypt and eastern Libya in North Africa. Some 74% of the area is covered by sand dunes. Geography The Great Sand Sea stretches about from north to south an ...

and about 250 km south-east of the Gulf of Sidra. Quite large, long and up to wide, it supports a number of settlements, the largest of which is the town of

. Jalu was the administrative capital of the

Jalu District Jalu Municipality ( ar, جالو) was one of the Municipalities of Libya, municipalities (''baladiyah'') of Libya from 1983 to 1987. It lay in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital was Jalu. From 2001 to 2007 the area was part of Ajd ...

from 1983 to 1988, at which time the area became part of the

Ajdabiya District Ajdabiya ( ar, إجدابيا) was one of the districts of Libya. It lay in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital was Ajdabiya. As of 2007 it was subsumed within the enlarged Al Wahat District. When Ajdabiya District was in existence ...

and as of 2007 is now part of the Al Wahat District. Because of its location and as a source of water, it had strategic importance during the North African Campaign in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

and changed hands several times between Allied and Axis forces. The water at the Jalo oasis is quite salty (3,880 parts per million).Walton, Kenneth (2007) ''The Arid Zones'' AldineTransaction, New Brunswick, New Jersey
page 109
; originally published by Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, in 1969, The water is an alkaline with a pH of 7.4 and is very hard with numerous dissolved salts in addition to sodium chloride.

Communities

In addition to Jalu, the oasis supports the following communities:"Lat 29.024 N Long. 21.523 E"
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Al Hiri Al Hiri is a town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of Ajdabiya District.Maplandia world gazetteer Formerly (1983-1987) it was part of the Jalu District (''baladiyah Baladiya ...

* Labba *

Shurraf Shurraf (Al Shurraf, Ash-Shurraf) is a desert town in Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in northeastern Libya. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of Ajdabiya District.Maplandia world gazetteer Formerly (1983-1987) it was part of the Jalu District ...

Masliwa Masliwa is a Sahara desert town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya.Maplandia world gazetteer References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Al Wahat District Cyrenaica ...

* Rashida

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