Fuqaha, Libya
Fuqaha
الفقهاء | |
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Town | |
  Fuqaha Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 27°50′N 16°21′E / 27.833°N 16.350°E / 27.833; 16.350 | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Fezzan |
| District | Jufra |
| Elevation | 2,605 ft (794 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Fuqaha or El-Foqaha (Arabic: الفقهاء) is a spring-fed town in central Libya, 200 km by road south of Sokna, on the western edge of the great central Haruj volcano and lava field. It is an isolated Berber-speaking locale, and it shares this identity with the oasis of Sokna to its north.
Fuqaha was one of the last holdouts of loyalists in the 2011 Libyan civil war.
