Zawiyat Al Bayda' (also transliterated as Al-Baidhah, El-Beda or Beida) (Arabic: البيضاء) is a city in northeast Libya. Built in the 1950s, the town was originally intended to be the new capital of Libya, and all of the necessary government buildings were constructed there. Eventually, the plan to move the capital from Tripoli to Al Beyda' was dropped. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس Tarābulus) is the capital city of Libya. ...

The city is located 125 miles east of Benghazi at 32°45′59″N, 21°44′30″E. Benghazi (Arabic بنغازي, transliterated BanġāzÄ«) is a seaport in Libya, Africa. ...