Bayda - Elbeida ( or ; ), also spelled
Az Zāwiyah al Bayḑā’,
Zāwiyat al Bayḑā’,
Beida El Beida and known as
Beda Littoria under Italian occupation, is a commercial and industrial city in eastern
Libya. It is located in the northern
Cyrenaica. With a population 250,000 people, Bayda is the
fourth-largest city in Libya (after
Tripoli,
Benghazi and
Misrata). It is the capital city of the
Jabal al Akhdar district.