Qasr Abu Hadi ( ar, قصر ابو هادي ') is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the
Sirte District
Sirte District (or ''Sirt'' or ''Surt'' District; ar, سرت ''Surt'', ), is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the north of the country and borders the Gulf of Sidra. Its capital is the city of Sirte. Al-Tahadi University is located in ...
of
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 ...
. It is 2 km east of the
Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of
Sirte.
Former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.
References
Populated places in Sirte District
Muammar Gaddafi
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