Hun, Libya

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title: "Hun, Libya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hun,-libya", "populated-places-in-jufra-district", "oases-of-libya", "italian-libya", "baladiyat-of-libya", "oasis-towns"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun,_Libya" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = | registration_plate_type = License Plate Code | registration_plate = 13 Hun or Houn () () is an oasis town in the northern Fezzan region of southwest Libya. The town is the capital of the Jufra District. The "International Autumn Tourism Festival" is an annual festival usually held at the end of September.

History

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During the colonial Italian Libya period, Hun was the administrative capital of the Italian Fezzan region, called Territorio del Sahara Libico. Hun was the Italian military center of southern Italian Libya, and was not part of the national Fourth Shore territory of the Kingdom of Italy as Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica. In the 1939 census Italians were 3% of the total population of 35,316 in the city. They disappeared from Hun after Italy's loss of Libya in World War II. An important Libyan Italian born in Hun was the internationally renowned painter Mario Schifano (1934–1998). In the 1930s the Italian government made some important improvements to the small town, including a connection to the coast via the new Fezzan Road.

During the Libyan Civil War, on 8 May 2011, NATO hit 8 headquarters compound buildings, 12 ammunition storage and 20 vehicle storage.

Geography

Hun is about halfway between Sabha and the Mediterranean coast in the Sahara Desert. The natural landscape around Hun mainly consists of black basalt mountains, with extensive sand dunes, and date palm trees - Phoenix dactylifera groves indicating oases. The cities of Waddan and Sokna are the nearest settlements. Hun is settiling in between of Waddan and Sokna, Hun is the biggest town in the area and population at Aljufra, It is considered the administrative capital of the region . There is a ruined ksar it was an Italian fort (Forti), It was restored and it is now the Saharawi Museum. There are also several old and new mosques in the city . All three towns are oases characterized by the abundance of natural springs and date palm trees.

Climate

Hun has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with long, extremely hot summers and short, warm winters as well as very little rainfall throughout the year. In this part of the desert, summer daytime temperatures are a bit moderated due to the influence of the cooler offshore winds from the Mediterranean Sea, although average high temperatures consistently exceed 40 °C (104 °F) during the hottest months of the year. The region receives an average annual rainfall of 2.5 in.

|location = Hun (1991–2020) |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes | Jan record high C = 31.5 | Feb record high C = 38.3 | Mar record high C = 39.2 | Apr record high C = 45.5 | May record high C = 47.2 | Jun record high C = 48.0 | Jul record high C = 47.2 | Aug record high C = 46.5 | Sep record high C = 46.0 | Oct record high C = 42.9 | Nov record high C = 38.5 | Dec record high C = 34.2 | year record high C = 48.0 |Jan high C = 19.2 |Feb high C = 21.1 |Mar high C = 25.7 |Apr high C = 30.6 |May high C = 34.4 |Jun high C = 37.2 |Jul high C = 38.1 |Aug high C = 37.7 |Sep high C = 36.5 |Oct high C = 31.9 |Nov high C = 25.6 |Dec high C = 20.4 |year high C = 29.9 |Jan mean C = 12.2 |Feb mean C = 13.7 |Mar mean C = 17.8 |Apr mean C = 22.2 |May mean C = 26.2 |Jun mean C = 29.0 |Jul mean C = 30.0 |Aug mean C = 30.0 |Sep mean C = 28.5 |Oct mean C = 24.5 |Nov mean C = 18.2 |Dec mean C = 13.3 |year mean C = 22.1 |Jan low C = 5.3 |Feb low C = 6.3 |Mar low C = 9.9 |Apr low C = 13.9 |May low C = 18.0 |Jun low C = 20.9 |Jul low C = 21.9 |Aug low C = 22.3 |Sep low C = 21.3 |Oct low C = 17.1 |Nov low C = 10.7 |Dec low C = 6.3 |year low C = 14.5 | Jan record low C = -4.4 | Feb record low C = -3.0 | Mar record low C = -0.2 | Apr record low C = 0.0 | May record low C = 5.2 | Jun record low C = 10.9 | Jul record low C = 13.0 | Aug record low C = 16.2 | Sep record low C = 13.5 | Oct record low C = 5.8 | Nov record low C = -1.0 | Dec record low C = -3.1 | year record low C = -4.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 3.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 3.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 3.5 |May precipitation mm = 1.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 1.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 0.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 0.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 1.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 1.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 1.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 1.9 |year precipitation mm = 24.7 | Jan precipitation days = 0.9 | Feb precipitation days = 0.9 | Mar precipitation days = 0.7 | Apr precipitation days = 0.3 | May precipitation days = 0.4 | Jun precipitation days = 0.2 | Jul precipitation days = 0.0 | Aug precipitation days = 0.1 | Sep precipitation days = 0.3 | Oct precipitation days = 0.4 | Nov precipitation days = 0.3 | Dec precipitation days = 0.5 | year precipitation days = 5.0 | source 1 = NOAA{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230911045803/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Libya/CSV/HON_62131.csv | archive-date = 11 September 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Libya/CSV/HON_62131.csv | title = Hon Climate Normals 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 11 September 2023}}

Economy and culture

There are public buses to the cities of Sirte and Sabha. There is also a military airport located between Hun and Waddan, Al Jufra Airbase. Hun is 240 km south of Sirte, 370 km from Misrata and 272 km north of Sabha. The "International Autumn Tourism Festival", is an annual festival usually held at the end of September. It is organized for four days every year from 1996. It is aimed at promoting tourism and culture and organizes concerts and exhibitions.

Notes

References

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  4. McColl, R. W.. (2014). "Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 1". Infobase Publishing.
  5. (2007). "The Libyan Economy: Economic Diversification and International Repositioning". Springer Science & Business Media.
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  8. "Khoms summer festival starts; Hun festival planned for October". Libya Herald.

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