Yafran

32.06277777777812.526666666667Koordinaten: 32 ° 4 ' N, 12 ° 32' O

Yafran (Arabic يفرن ) is a city in al - Jabal al - Munizip Gharbi in northwestern Libya. It is located approximately 100 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, and has 13,817 inhabitants (as of 2010). By 2007 Yafran was the capital of the then defunct Munizips Yafran.

During the civil war in Libya 2011, held by rebels Yafran and the neighboring Al Galaa are under siege since April by pro-Gaddafi forces. Almost the entire civilian population of the two towns has fled.

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