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Al Jawf

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Also known as الكفرة

town in Libya

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Al Jawf is a city in Libya that serves as the capital of Kufra District. It is situated at an elevation of 382 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone. The city has a population of 18,587.

Geographical data for the area indicates varying elevation measurements, with some sources listing 380 or 391 meters. Al Jawf is also referred to as At Tāj.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
الجوف
Region
الكفرة
Country
ليبيا
Population
42,079
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

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Air quality

78US AQIModerate
PM2.5
18.8 µg/m³
PM10
45.5 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-14 07:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Country
Libya
Region
Cyrenaica
District
Kufra
Elevation
1,253 ft (382 m)
Total
18,587
Time zone
UTC+2 ( EET )

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Encyclopedic overview

Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف Al Ğawf) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.

The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). In 2022, the city's population was 18,587. Al Jawf receives almost no rain, averaging only 2.5 millimetres or 0.1 inches per year. Summer high temperatures average above 38 °C or 100 °F.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al Jawf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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