Kikla


Kikla is a town of approximately 10,000 inhabitants in Libya, most of whom are arab and some Berber descent, and is approximately 150 kilometres south-west of the country's capital, Tripoli. It was also a battleground during the 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign of the Libyan Civil War. Kikla is also home to three older cities: Sidi Omer, Zawit Abu Madi and Ijhish. Other towns within Kikla are Likhzour, Takbal, Awlad Issa, Awlad Omran, Mzaida, Awlad Boziry, Awlad Saeed, Awlad Sidi Omar and Amzir, the later in Berber languages means waterfall. On 14 June 2011 Kikla was recaptured by the rebels.