Ajdabiya (Arabic: إجدابيا Iğdābiyā, Italian: Agedábia), previously known as Agedabia or Ajdabya, is a town in and capital of Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya. It is some 160km (100 m) south of Benghazi. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of and capital of Ajdabiya District. The town is divided into three Basic People's Congresses: North Ajdabiya, West Ajdabiya and East Ajdabiya.
Following fierce fighting and the decisive intervention by NATO forces, the town was retaken by the armed forces of the National Transitional Council on the 25/26th of March 2011.
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