Tarhunah Municipality (Arabic: ترهونة) is one of the former municipality (baladiyat) of Libya from 1983 to 1995. It is in the north of the country, in the position later (2001-2007) occupied by Tarhuna Wa Msalata District.
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Tarhunah was brought to international attention in the 1990s, when it was believed that an underground chemical weapons facility was being built there, following the discovery of a previous smaller above-ground facility at Rabta (Algeria?).
See also
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edit- Reassessing Libya: an analysis from Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence
- U.S. Department of Defense news photo - artist's concept of the construction of the chemical weapons facility
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