# Shahhat

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''' Shahhat''' or '''Shahat''' ({{langx|ar|شحات}}, {{translit|ar|Shaḥāt}}) is a town in the [District of Jabal al Akhdar](/source/Jabal_al_Akhdar) in northeastern [Libya](/source/Libya) on the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) coast.<ref>Maplandia world gazetteer</ref> It is located {{convert|24|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} east of [Bayda](/source/Bayda%2C_Libya).

==History==
{{main|Cyrene, Libya}}
The ancient and medieval city of [Cyrene](/source/Cyrene%2C_Libya) was located nearby.

During the [Libyan Civil War](/source/2011_Libyan_Civil_War), the city was one of the first to fall under [rebel](/source/National_Transitional_Council) 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](/source/Derna%2C_Libya) by two roads, the inner road running through [Al Qubah](/source/Al_Qubah) is part of the [Libyan Coastal Highway](/source/Libyan_Coastal_Highway) and the coastal road running through [Susa](/source/Susa%2C_Libya) and [Ras al Helal](/source/Ras_al_Helal).

==See also==
* [List of cities in Libya](/source/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

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