Kufra

Kufra
Ceety
Kufra Location in Libir
Coordinates: 24°11′N 23°17′E
Kintra	Libie
Destrict	Al Kufrah
Time zone	UTC +2
• Summer (DST)	24

Kufra /ˈkuːfrə/ (an aw spelled Cufra in Italian, Koufra in French or Khofra) is a basin (Arab: Uádi el Kufra) an oasis group in Al Kufrah Destrict, sootheastren Cyrenaica in Libie. Kufra is historically important abuin aw acause at the end o nineteent century it became the center an holy place o the Senussi order. Mairower, it played a minor role in the Wastren Desert Campaign o Warld War II.

It is in a pairticularly isolatit location no anerlie acause it is in the middle o the Sahara Desert but an aw acause it is surroondit on three sides bi depressions – which makes it dominate the passage in east-wast land traffic athort the desert; for the colonial Italians, it wis an aw important as a station on the north-sooth air traffic tae Italian East Africae. These factors, alang wi Kufra's dominance o the sootheastren Cyrenaica region o Libie, explains the Oasis' strategic importance an why it wis a point o conflict durin Warld War II.

Etymology

The wird Kufra comes frae the Arabic wird kafir, the Arabic term for non-Muslims (aften translatit as "infidels", literally "those who conceal [the truth]") wi reference tae the pagan Tebu fowk native tae the region.

Freemit airtins

• "Al Kufrah, Libya" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• migreurope
• Information about the Battle for Kufra
• (DE) Kufra Project Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
• (DE) Green Desert, Kufra Project