Musaid
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Musaid or Imsaad () is a town in Butnan District in eastern Libya. Alternates names include: Oistant, '''Msa'ed, Imsa'ed, and Musa'ed'''. Musaid lies approximately east of Tobruk and is the major border crossing between Libya and Egypt.
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Key facts
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- Musaid
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- Imsasd, Msaad
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- Town
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- Libya
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- bottom
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- Location in Libya
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- Country
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- Region
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- Cyrenaica
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- District
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- Butnan
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- Imperial
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- 2006
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- 7,139
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- Religions
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- EET
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- +2
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- Border crossing
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Musaid or Imsaad () is a town in Butnan District in eastern Libya. Alternates names include: Oistant, '''Msa'ed, Imsa'ed, and Musa'ed'''. Musaid lies approximately east of Tobruk and is the major border crossing between Libya and Egypt.
==History== Musaid was the site of heavy fighting during the brief Libyan–Egyptian War of 1977. This war, the break-off of Libyan-Egyptian diplomatic relations, and the resultant trade embargo with Egypt, had a very negative impact on Musaid. For example, Musaid's population shrank from 4,330 in 1973 to 3,200 in 1984 (-26.1%), while overall Libya's population rose in the same period by 60.30%.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Musaid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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