Badr ( ar, بدر, is a small town in the
Nalut District in northwestern
Libya, with a population of 18,693 as of 2010. Prior to the
2007 reorganization of districts, it was part of
Yafran District. The town is currently home to the Alseaan (El-See’an) tribes, who moved into the area in the early to mid 20th century replacing the Al-Haraba tribes. Discoveries in the late 20th century showed a large quantity of oil and gas underlying the area.
History
Under the
Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
, Badr was first part of the Villayet of Tripoli and then Tripolitania. Under the Italians in 1934, it became part of the province of Tripoli. Immediately after
World War II it was administered by the French military as part of the territory of Ghadames. After independence, it was part of the Tripolitania Governorate.
References
External links
"Badr Map — Satellite Images of Badr"Maplandia.com
"الصيعان قبائل" (Alseaan tribes)in Arabic
{{Nalut
Populated places in Nalut District