Buzema

Buzema is an oasis in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 150 km northwest of Kufra.[1] It has a surface of 230 km2 and stretches with a semicircular shape around an 18 km long salt lake.[1] Buzema lies to the bottom of a mountain range where the remains of a Toubou fortification system are still visible.[1] The oasis trees (palm, fig, tamarisk, acacia) bear a lot of fruit due to the abundance of fresh water.[1] On the northwest shore of the lake lies a village.[1]

Buzema
Buzema
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°53′57.98″N 22°01′40.86″E
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictKufra
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Further reading

  • Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia del touring club Italiano, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

References

  1. Bertarelli (1929), p. 515.
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