Shahhat

{{distinguish|Shahaat}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Shahat |other_name = |native_name = {{lang|ar|شحات}} |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto =  |image_skyline = Shahhat 1.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |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 |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Libya  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Libya}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Cyrenaica |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Jabal al Akhdar |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |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_as_of =2004 |population_footnotes =<ref name=wolfram>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Sahhat Wolfram Alpha]</ref> |population_note = |population_total =43376 |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 =  |timezone = UTC +2 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|32|49|40|N|21|51|44|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=wolfram/> |elevation_m = 513 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = | registration_plate_type = License Plate Code | registration_plate = 35 }} ''' Shahhat''' or '''Shahat''' ({{langx|ar|شحات}}, {{translit|ar|Shaḥāt}}) is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in northeastern Libya on the Mediterranean coast.<ref>Maplandia world gazetteer</ref> It is located {{convert|24|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} east of Bayda.

==History== {{main|Cyrene, Libya}} The ancient and medieval city of Cyrene was located nearby.

During the Libyan Civil War, the city was one of the first to fall under rebel control.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/23/live-blog-libya-feb-24# |title=Live Blog - Libya Feb 24 {{!}} Al Jazeera Blogs |website=blogs.aljazeera.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225122347/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/23/live-blog-libya-feb-24 |archive-date=2011-02-25}} </ref>

==Transport== Shahhat is linked with Derna by two roads, the inner road running through Al Qubah is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway and the coastal road running through Susa and Ras al Helal.

==See also== * List of cities in Libya

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[http://www.maplandia.com/libya/al-jabal-al-akhdar/shahhat/ Satellite map at Maplandia.] {{Commons category|Shahhat}} {{Al Jabal al Akhdar}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Populated places in Jabal al Akhdar