Ubari أوباري Awbari
—  Town  —
An Ubari oasis lake, with native grasses and Date palms. An Ubari oasis lake, with native grasses and Date palms.
Ubari Location in Libya
Coordinates: 26°35′N 12°46′E / 26.583°N 12.767°E / 26.583; 12.767
Country	Libya
Region	Fezzan
District	Wadi al Hayaa
Elevation[1]	1,535 ft (468 m)
Population (2009)
• Total	35,000
Time zone	UTC + 2

Ubari or Awbari (Arabic: أوباري‎) is an oasis town and the capital of the Wadi al Hayaa District, in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya. It is in the Libyan section of the Sahara Desert. It was the capital of the former baladiyah (district) called Awbari, in the southwest of the country.

Geography[link]

Ubari is in the Targa valley, lying between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari erg sand dunes and lakes. Native plants include wetland grasses at the natural spring fed lakes' shorelines, and the native Saharan Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

The Ubari oasis settlement is the second center for the Kel Ajjer Tuareg people, after Ghat. Neighbouring villages include Germa, and Garran.

2011 Libyan civil war[link]

During the 2011 Libyan civil war the town was captured by the forces of the National Transitional Council on 22 September 2011.^[2]

On 19 November 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and a few associates were captured and detained about 50 kilometers west of Ubari as they were trying to flee to neighbouring Niger.^[3]

See also[link]

• Ubari Airport
• List of cities in Libya

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ubari oasis

• ewpnet.com - Ubari
• lexicorient.com - Ubari, Libya

Coordinates: 26°35′N 12°46′E / 26.583°N 12.767°E / 26.583; 12.767