Al Bayda

city in Libya
City city Q35784
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Summary

Al Bayda is a city[1]. It draws 640 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #672 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jabal al Akhdar[3]
  • Country: Libya[4]
  • Instance of: municipality of Libya[5], big city[6]
  • Commons category: El Bayda'[7]
  • Licence plate code: 2[8]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[9]
  • Inception: 1840[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bayda, Libya[11]
  • Population: 250,000[12]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[13]
  • Capital of: Jabal al Akhdar[14]
  • Official name: البيضاء[15]
  • Category for people born here: Q9223461[16]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32755553[17]
  • Native label: البيضاء[18]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Al Bayda[19]
  • Different from: Al Bayda'[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 623 m[21]
  • Area: 155.54 km²[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Cities[23], WikiProject Libya[24], WikiProject Africa[25]

Why It Matters

Al Bayda has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ar.thetimenow.com. ar.thetimenow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id → —
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    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+155.54'}
    Vici.org id → —
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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