Qayqab (also Ghoigah,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Minţaqat al Qayqab, El-Ghégab, El Gaigab, El Gheighab) is a town in the

Derna District Derna ( ar, درنة ''Darnah'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northeast of the country, in the historical region of Cyrenaica. Its capital is Derna. In 2007 the district was enlarged to include what had been the Al Qubah Dis ...

in northeastern

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 ...

. The town is located on the northeast side of the Jebel Akhdar, Libya, Akhdar Mountains, south of Al Abraq, Libya, Al Abraq and Al Abraq Airport and Faydiya lies to the southwest, connected by road.

History

Qayqab was an ancient village, being identified with the Roman Agabis. It was a market village where goods from the coast were traded for animals and other products provided by the Cyrenaican herdering nomads. The village was the site of an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman fort or citadel built in 1852 by Abu Bakr Bu Hadus, chief of the Bara'sa tribe. The town grew from the village in the 1970s when the government used oil money to supply housing for the herding nomads of the area. Prior to the Districts of Libya#22 shabiyat (2007), 2007 administrative reorganization, Al Qayqab was part of Al Qubah District. The name Qayqab translates in Arabic to "maple tree."[Syrian Maple — American University of Beirut]. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

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