Al Bayda'

Al Bayda' (also transliterated as Al-Baidhah, El-Beda or Beida) may refer to:

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Al Bayda, Yemen

Al Bayda, also transliterated as Al-Baidhah or Beida (Arabic: البيضاء‎ Al-Bayḍāʾ), (not to be mixed with al-Bayda' in al-Jawf, the ancient Nashqum) is a town in central Yemen, in the Governorate of Al Bayda, in northern Yemen.

It is located 130 miles SE of Sanaa, at 13°59′20″N 45°34′38″E / 13.98889°N 45.57722°E / 13.98889; 45.57722. Rada' (Arabic: رداع‎ Radāʿ) is the present capital of Governorate of Al Bayda'.

Its population, according to the 2011 Yemeni census, was 29,853.

On 8 October 2014, at least nine people have been killed in an attack by al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, Officials say. The official Saba news agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault which was repelled.

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Coordinates: 13°43′N 44°44′E / 13.717°N 44.733°E / 13.717; 44.733

Bayda, Libya

Bayda - Elbeida (/ˈbaɪdə/ or /ˈbeɪdə/; Arabic: البيضاء‎Al Baiḍāʾ  listen ), also spelled Az Zāwiyah al Bayḑā’,Zāwiyat al Bayḑā’,BeidaEl Beida and known as Beda Littoria under Italian occupation, is a commercial and industrial city in eastern Libya. It is located in the northern Cyrenaica. With a population 250,000 people, Bayda is the fourth-largest city in Libya (after Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata). It is the capital city of the Jabal al Akhdar district.

History

Bayda's history stretches back to Ancient Greece, when it was known as Balagrae. The 2,000-year-old ruins of the ancient Greek colony Cyrene are located nearby in Shahad.

One of the greatest attractions in the city is the tomb of a famous companion (sahabah) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Ruwaifi bin Thabit al-Ansari. For that reason, the city was known as Sidi Rafaa after him. After the arrival of Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi in the area in the 19th century, and the construction of a zawiya, the city was renamed Az Zawiya Al Bayda. The modern city was built in the 1950s. It was originally intended to be the new capital of Libya and most of the necessary government buildings were constructed there. Eventually, the plan to move the capital from Tripoli to Bayda was dropped. Bayda is the administrative seat for Jabal al Akhdar district.