Population 7,297 (2006) | Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Qayqab (also Ghoigah, Minţaqat al Qayqab, El-Ghégab, El Gaigab) is a town in the Derna District in northeastern Libya. The town is located on the northeast side of the Akhdar Mountains, south by road from Al Abraq and La Abraq Airport. Faydiya lies to the southwest, connected by road.
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Map of Al Qayqab, Libya
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 of the Cyrenaician herdering nomads. The village was the site of an Ottoman fort (citadel) built in 1852 by Abu Bakr Bu Hadus, chief of the Bara'sa tribe.
The town grew from the village when the government used oil money in the 1970s to supply housing for the herding nomads of the area.
Prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization, Al Qayqab was part of Al Qubah District.