Kabaw

Kabaw, Kabao or Cabao () is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just off the Gharyan–Nalut road and about west of Jadu, on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains.

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Place details

Locality: كاباو
Region: نالوت
Country: ليبيا
Population: 7,686
Timezone: Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kabaw
Settlement.other_name: Kabao, Cabao
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Cabau - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Near Kabaw
Settlement.pushpin_map: Libya
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Libya
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tripolitania
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nalut
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.elevation_m: 643

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Elevation: 643
Image: Cabau - panoramio.jpg

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number of rooms: 360

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History
Attractions
Notes
External links

==History== Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After World War II, it was occupied by the French military and governed from Tunisia. Kabaw is one of the many towns in the Jebel Nafusa region that has been inhabited by the Amazigh (Berbers) for thousands of years. The town has played a key role in preserving Amazigh language, traditions, and architecture, even as various foreign powers ruled over Libya.