Yafran

For the village in Iran, see Yafran, Iran.

Yafran يفرن
Town
Top: The view from the city of Yafran; Middle Left: Yellow blossom flowers blooming in spring; Middle right: Ancient church in Yafran; Bottom left: The ancient ruin town of Yafran Bottom right: The houses in Yafran covered with snow Top: The view from the city of Yafran; Middle Left: Yellow blossom flowers blooming in spring; Middle right: Ancient church in Yafran; Bottom left: The ancient ruin town of Yafran Bottom right: The houses in Yafran covered with snow
Yafran Location in Libya
Coordinates:
Country	Libya
Region	Tripolitania
District	Jabal al Gharbi
Elevation	678 m (2,224 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	13,939
Time zone	UTC + 2
Area code(s)	+218 421

Yafran /ˈjɑːfrən/ (Arabic: يفرن‎‎ Ifrin), also spelled Jefren, Yefren, Yifran, Yifrin or Ifrane, is a town in northwestern Libya, in the Jabal al Gharbi District in the western Nafusa Mountains. Before 2007, Yafran was the administrative seat of the Yafran District.

Libyan civil war

Main article: 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign

Yafran people, as in other cities of Libya, have demonstrated against Gaddafi. Subsequently, Yafran was exposed to bombardment and siege by Gaddafi forces. As of May 2011, Gaddafi's forces had shut down the water system and blocked food supplies and held the western part of the town with some 500 rebels in the eastern section of Yafran still resisting.

Yafran fell to Gaddafi's forces sometime in late May or early June. The centre of the town was used as a position for "government tanks, artillery guns and snipers". On 2 June, rebel forces retook the city center and started to clear the area of Gaddafi's forces. On 6 June, an on-site Reuters journalist reported that the pro-Gaddafi forces were nowhere to be seen in or around the town.

See also

• List of cities in Libya

External links

• "Yafran, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• "Yafran Map — Satellite Images of Yafran", Maplandia