Al-Berka

Al-Berka
Al-Berka
Basic People's Congress division
	Panorama of Berka
Country	Libya
District	Benghazi District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

Al-Berka (Arabic:البركة) is a Basic People's Congress administrative division of Benghazi, Libya.^[1] As of the 2011 Libyan revolution, the area is simply known as a district of Benghazi after the Gaddafi era Basic People's Congresses were disbanded.

History

Al-Berka is one of the oldest districts in Benghazi and has buildings which attest to both its Ottoman and Italian era routes. One such example is the Hadiya mosque built in the early 20th century.

References

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32°05′54″N 20°04′54″E / 32.0983°N 20.0817°E / 32.0983; 20.0817

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