Jikharra

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Jikharra (إجخرة Ijkharrah) is a desert oasis town formerly in the Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in north-eastern Libya.Maplandia world gazetteer Prior to 2007, it was in the Ajdabiya District. After 2015{{Cite web |title=اسماء البلديات |trans-title=The names of the baladiyat |date=26 March 2015 |language=ar |publisher=اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [Central Committee for Baladiyat Council Elections (CCMCE)] |url=http://ccmce.ly/web/index.php/ar/cities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213154820/http://ccmce.ly/web/index.php/ar/cities |archive-date=13 December 2015 |url-status=dead }} it was in Jikharra District (بلدية إجخرة).{{Cite web|title=البلديات |trans-title=Baladiyats |language=ar |publisher=Central Committee for Baladiyat Council Elections (CCMCE) |url=https://ccmce.ly/index.php/ar/municipalities }}

In 1929, during the Second Italo-Senussi War, a battle took place in the desert near the town at Al-Koz and Abu Athila, in which 241 Senussi fighters were killed.{{cite news |title=اجخرة تُحيي ذكرى معركة “الكوز وتسلمت وأبو اثلة” |url=https://www.218tv.net/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%8A-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A3/ |access-date=26 April 2023 |agency=218 News |date=21 January 2020}}