Official Name: | Shahat |
Native Name: | Arabic: شحات |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Cyrenaica |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jabal al Akhdar |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 43376 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC +2 |
Coordinates: | 32.8278°N 21.8622°W |
Elevation M: | 513 |
Registration Plate Type: | License Plate Code |
Registration Plate: | 35 |
Shahhat or Shahat (ar|شحات,) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in northeastern Libya on the Mediterranean coast.[2] It is located 24km (15miles) east of Bayda.
See main article: Cyrene, Libya. The ancient and medieval city of Cyrene was located nearby.
During the Libyan Civil War, the city was one of the first to fall under rebel control.[3]
Shahhat is linked with Derna by two roads, the inner road running through Al Qubah is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway and the coastal road running through Susa and Ras al Helal.