Hun, Libie

Houn, Libie

Houn ( Arabic: هون‎Hūn) is an oasis toun in the northren Fezzan region o soothwast Libie. The toun is the caipital o the Al Jufrah Destrict.

Geography

Houn is aboot haufway atween Sabha an the Mediterranean coast in the Sahara desert. The modren ceety o Houn is 150 year auld.

The naitural landscape aroond Houn mainly consists o black basalt muntains, wi extensive saund dunes, an date palm trees - Phoenix dactylifera groves indicatin oases.

Veelages o Waddan an Socna are the nearest settlements. Thare is a ruined ksar an several mosques in the veelage o Waddan. Aw three touns are oases characterized bi the abundance o naitural springs an date palm trees.

Transportation

Thare are public buses tae the ceeties o Sirt an Sabha. Thare is an' a' a military airport locatit atween Houn an Waddan.

History

The oreeginal toun, named Miskan an aroond 500 year auld, is locatit 4 km. sootheast o the modren toun. Thare are ongoin archaeological excavations at the site.

Italian Libie

Durin the colonial Italian Libie period, Houn wis the admeenistrative caipital o the Italian Fezzan region, cried Territorio del Sahara Libico. Houn wis the Italian military centre o soothren Italian Libie, an wis no pairt o the naitional Fowert Shore territory o the Kinrick o Italy as Italian Tripolitanie an Italian Cyrenaica wur.

A sma Libie Italian community o 1,156 fowk lived in Houn, which wis cried Homs in the colonial years. In the 1939 census thay wur 3% o the tot population o 35,316 in the ceety. Thay disappeared frae Houn efter Italy's loss o Libie in Warld War II. An important Libie Italian born in Houn wis the internaitionally renouned painter Mario Schifano (1934-1998), .

In the 1930s the Italian govrenment made some important improvements tae the sma toun, includin a connection tae the coast via the new Fezzan Road.

Features

The "International Autumn Tourism Festival", is an annual festival uisually held at the end o September.

Accommodations

Thare is ane hotel an ane hostel in Houn.

See an aa

• Libian Desert

Freemit airtins

• Lexicorient - Houn, the migratin toun Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Almouftahtours.com - Festivals in Libie Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine