Sabha

Sabha, also written Sebha, is a regional centre in the Fezzan whose importance derives from connections across the Sahara. Its position on routes running north–south from the coast and west–east across southern Libya helped establish it as an administrative and trading centre.

Urban growth has drawn people from surrounding oasis settlements as well as from more distant territories. Geographical research describes this development through successive state investment and migration, rather than through a long-established monumental centre. UN-Habitat's city profile also identifies Sabha as a principal gateway between northern and southern Libya, where the functioning of services and infrastructure is central to the lives of residents and populations in transit.