Ras Ejder

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footnotes = Ras Ejder is a small coastal town on the border between Tunisia and Libya and Libya's most northerly point.

Science

It is the site of an experimental station for Wind Power and Solar Power for desalination [cite web|url= http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TFX-4HGS942-3&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F01%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c6fcc2a282c671284b2c547ffeadb874 |title=Science Direct] [ cite book
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coauthors = Sultan A. Kershmana, Jürgen Rheinländerb, Thomas Neumannc, Olaf Goebeld
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title = Hybrid wind/PV and conventional power for desalination in Libya—GECOL's facility for medium and small scale research at Ras Ejder
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Transport

The town is a major transport hub for trade by road between Tunisia and Libya. Between 15th February - 15th March 2007 21,758 foreigners entered and 8112 left through Ras Ejder [cite web|url=http://www.libyaninvestment.com/libya_news_archive.php?Info=4525|title=Libyan Entry & Exit Statistics Feb-Mar 2007|accessdate=2008-02-13] .

Ras Ejder is a likely border station on the new Libyan Railways which is under construction in 2007.

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