{{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Qatrun |other_name = |native_name = {{lang|ar|القطرون}}<!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Village<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = El Gatrun01.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Qatrun in 1988 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Libya<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Libya <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Libya}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Fezzan |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Murzuq |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2009 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 4,501 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|24|55|44|N|14|34|33|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = | registration_plate_type = License Plate Code | registration_plate = 62 }} '''Qatrun''', '''Al Katrun''', '''Gatrone''', or '''Al Gatrun''' ({{langx|ar|القطرون}}) is a village in the Murzuq District in southern Libya on the main road to Chad and Niger. Niger maintains a consulate office there. When the border checkpoint 310 kilometres south at Tumu is closed, travelers crossing into Libya from Niger report in at Qatrun.
The town was briefly captured by the National Liberation Army during the Libyan Civil War in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/libyan-rebels-open-new-front-near-qaddafis-southern-stronghold/|agency=FOX News|date=21 July 2011|access-date=21 July 2011|title=Libyan Rebels Open New Front Near Qaddafi's Southern Stronghold}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://varldsinbordeskriget.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/further-rebel-advances-in-libya-and-anders-fogh-rasmussen-praised-the-rebel-progress/|agency=Världsinbördeskriget|date=21 July 2011|access-date=21 July 2011|title=FURTHER REBEL ADVANCES IN LIBYA AND ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN PRAISED THE REBEL PROGRESS}}</ref> On 23 July, Gaddafi forces recaptured the city and continued south towards Al Wigh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Jul-23/Libya-rebels-report-loss-of-Qatrun.ashx#axzz1SwMkjq72 |title=Libya rebels report loss of Qatrun {{!}} News, Middle East {{!}} THE DAILY STAR |access-date=2011-07-23 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223033/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Jul-23/Libya-rebels-report-loss-of-Qatrun.ashx#axzz1SwMkjq72 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The National Liberation Army later recaptured the village.
==External links== *[http://www.maplandia.com/libya/murzuq/al-qatrun/ Satellite map of al-Qatrun at Maplandia.com]
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Category:Populated places in Murzuq District Category:Baladiyat of Libya Category:Villages in Libya