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Hun or Houn /ˈhuːn/ (Arabic: هون Hūn) is an oasis town in the northern Fezzan region of southwest Libya. The town is the capital of the Jufra District.
Hun is about halfway between Sabha and the Mediterranean coast in the Sahara desert. The modern city of Hun is 150 years old.[when?]
The natural landscape around Hun mainly consists of black basalt mountains, with extensive sand dunes, and date palm trees - Phoenix dactylifera groves indicating oases.
The cities of Waddan and Sokna are the nearest settlements. There is a ruined ksar and several mosques in the city of Waddan. All three towns are oases characterized by the abundance of natural springs and date palm trees.
There are public buses to the cities of Sirte and Sabha. There is also a military airport located between Hun and Waddan, Al Jufra Air Base. Hun is 240 km south of Sirte, 370 km from Misrata and 272 km north of Sabha.
Hun has a history of several different settlements, each being built to replace an earlier village swallowed up by the desert. Which explains why it is called "El-Huwailah" the migrating town. Although we have no information on the exact period when Izkan or Miskan (also known as the “first Hun”) was founded, we do know that the settlement disappeared five centuries ago, perhaps after an earthquake, a flood or a plague, but definitely as the consequence of a sudden and unexpected scourge.
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