Official Name: | El Uweilia |
Native Name: | العويلية |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Libya |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1995 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7,508 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 32.5558°N 20.9886°W |
El Uweilia (ar|العويلية) is a village in the Jebel Akhdar mountains foothills region in Libya. It is located some 16km (10miles) east of Marj and 89km (55miles) west of Bayda.
During the Italian occupation it was known Maddalena[2] after the Italian aviator .