Jalu

Jalu, Jallow, or Gialo (Template:Langx) is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. Jalu serves as both an oasis and the principal urban center of the oases region in eastern Libya. Jalu was one of the homelands of the Indigenous Toubou (Goran) people, was abandoned following an Arab invasion around the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This invasion was supported by Ottoman firearms and troops, and since then, the oasis has been controlled by the Majabra Arab tribes. The name “Jalu” derives from the Tabou word Jolo, meaning “lowland,” highlighting the enduring Indigenous linguistic heritage of the oasis. It is located at the confluence of longitude and latitude (21-29), and the most important for attraction for the visitors and residents is the presence of dense palm forests linking the sand dunes and plateaus of the Libyan desert.  Jalu's inhabitants were famous for trade and transporting goods from Cyrenaica and Tripoli to Chad, Egypt, Sudan and other African countries. It is an ancient oasis mentioned by Arab travelers, and orientalists in many historical sources. Historical sources mention that the people of the Jallow oasis were the first to conduct trade caravans along the longest desert route from  the Libyan coast to central and eastern Africa around the middle of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.

Notable people

• Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952-2011) - Libyan Minister of Defence (1970-2011)

See also

• List of cities in Libya