Tajura (), also spelt Tajoura, is a town in north-western Libya, and baladiyah in the Tripoli Muhafazah, on the Mediterranean coast east of Tripoli.Ham, Anthony (2002) "East of Tripoli: Tajura to Al-Khoms" Libya Lonely Planet, Hawthorn, Victoria, Canada, page 133,
From 2001 to 2007 Tajura was the capital of the Tajura wa Arba' District. Tajura is also known to be the most anti-Gaddafi district in Tripoli and had high casualties in the Libyan revolution.
History The Ottoman Turks established a base at Tajura in 1531.Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (2005) A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period page 192 Under the command of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the site was selected for its proximity to Tripoli which had come under the Knights of Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, had given them Tripoli, Gozo and Malta. Tripoli was captured in the Siege of Tripoli.
Tajura was the center of Libya's nuclear research, with a 10 MWt pool type research reactor (IRT-1) built by the Soviet Union, which came online in 1981.Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2005) SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, disarmament and international security Humanities Press, New York, page 636, A fire broke out in an outbuilding in April 2024, which the Libyan Atomic Energy Commission reported as under control.
During the Libyan crisis, Tajura has become associated with the insurgency of 101 Battalion.
The name Tajoura is rumoured to be named after a princess who lost her crown. "Taj" meaning crown, and "oura" being the name of the princess, the crown was found in this area and so was named Tajoura (Oura's crown).
Districts of Tajura
Goot Al-Rumman Abe Al Ash'her Al-Marouhna Al Hamidiya Al Kwateb Al'aswal Awlad Al Turki Be'ar Al Sanyaa Shatt al-Sidi Othman (Sidi Othman) Btisp Be'ar Al Osta Milad El Atamana Dakhla Rima Diyar Jaber Almchai - Aribat - and the cemetery Sahaabi and Hada title Almchai Market - the middle Goudec Punishment (the headquarters of the commander Uqba) Al Knadra Andilsi Shatt span al mashin Wadi Al Rabie
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