Qasr Abu Hadi

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Qasr Abu Hadi

| native_name_lang = ar

| native_name = {{lang|ar|قصر ابو هادي}}

| settlement_type = Village

| pushpin_map = Libya

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Libya

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Libya}}

| subdivision_type1 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Sirte

| parts_style = para

| unit_pref = metric

| population_as_of = 2012

| population_total = 5075

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| coordinates = {{coord|31|03|34|N|16|39|32|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}}

}}

Qasr Abu Hadi ({{langx|ar|قصر ابو هادي|Qaṣr Abū Hādī}}) is a village with an estimated 4,890 inhabitants in the Sirte District of Libya.{{cite web|url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-133&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=435835665|title=World Gazetteer: Qaşr Abū Hādī|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130105125929/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-133&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=435835665|archivedate=2013-01-05|url-status=dead}} It is 2 km east of the Gardabya Airport and 20 km south of Sirte.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claimed to have been born in a goat-hair tent near the village on 7 June 1942.{{cite web |url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580161-muammar-qaddafis-hometown-band-loyalists-flaunt-his-favourite-colour-where |title=Libya’s opposition: Where green refuses to fade |website=The Economist |date=29 June 2013 }}

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Category:Populated places in Sirte District

Category:Villages in Libya

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