Bayda, Libya

Bayda or Elbeida (Arabic: البيضاء, romanized: al-Bayḍāʾ, pronounced), known as Beda Littoria under Italian colonial rule, is a commercial and industrial city in northern Cyrenaica, eastern Libya. With a population of 250,000 people, Bayda is the 4th-largest city in Libya after Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata. It is the capital city of the Jabal al Akhdar district.