Mechili

Libya
Mechili, Libya
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Mechili is a pocket-sized village in eastern Libya, known from historical records as a settlement of some age — the 9th-century Arab geographer al-Ya'qubi described it under the name Wadi Makhil as an established Islamic town with a congregational mosque, water cisterns, active markets, and fortifications. It sits in terrain close to mountains and within reach of water, and predates the Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah by over seven decades.

  • Population1,764
  • Nearest water from center1.2 km
  • Nearest mountain from center3.8 km