Kabaw | |
Other Name: | Kabao, Cabao |
Native Name: | Arabic: كاباو |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tripolitania |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nalut |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.8444°N 11.3397°W |
Elevation M: | 643 |
Elevation Ft: | 2112 |
Registration Plate Type: | License Plate Code |
Registration Plate: | 48 |
Kabaw, Kabao[1] or Cabao[2] (Arabic: كاباو) is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just 9km (06miles) off the Gharyan–Nalut road and about 70km (40miles) west of Jadu,[3] on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian Plateau in the Nafusa Mountains.
Historically, Kabaw was a Berber town in the Ghadames administrative area. After World War II, it was occupied by the French military and governed from Tunisia.[4] It was returned to Libyan control in 1951.
Kabaw is home to the ghurfas or "Ksar Kabaw" a Berber hilltop village-fort, now abandoned. The ghurfas is built mainly of rock, gypsum and adobe, with doors made of palm wood.
The Spring Qsar Festival is held in April almost every year.[5]