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Buzema

Coordinates: 24°53′57.98″N 22°01′40.86″E / 24.8994389°N 22.0280167°E / 24.8994389; 22.0280167
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Buzema
Buzema is located in Libya
Buzema
Buzema
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°53′57.98″N 22°01′40.86″E / 24.8994389°N 22.0280167°E / 24.8994389; 22.0280167
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictKufra
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Buzema is an oasis in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 150 km northwest of Kufra.[1] It has a surface of 230 km2 and stretches in a semicircle around an 18 km long salt lake.[1] Buzema lies to the bottom of a mountain range where the remains of a Toubou fortification system are still visible.[1] The oasis trees (palm, fig, tamarisk, acacia) bear a lot of fruit due to the abundance of fresh water.[1] On the northwest shore of the lake lies a village.[1]

Further reading

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  • Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia del touring club Italiano, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Bertarelli (1929), p. 515.