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Fezzan
Sign in to saveFezzan ( , ; ; ; ) is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara Desert. The term originally applied to the land beyond the coastal strip of Africa proconsularis, including the Nafusa and extending west of modern Libya over Ouargla and Illizi. As these Berber areas came to be associated with the regions of Tripoli, Cirta or Algiers, the name was increasingly applied to the arid areas south of Tripoli
Fezzan is the southwestern region of Libya, a largely desert area punctuated by mountains, uplands, and wadis where oases have historically allowed settlements to flourish in the otherwise uninhabitable Sahara. The term originally referred to lands beyond the North African coast and has come to specifically designate the arid areas south of Tripoli as political boundaries shifted over time.
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- Fezzan
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- Settlement.seat
- Sabha
- Settlement.population_total
- 442090
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
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- 442090
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Fezzan ( , ; ; ; ) is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara Desert. The term originally applied to the land beyond the coastal strip of Africa proconsularis, including the Nafusa and extending west of modern Libya over Ouargla and Illizi. As these Berber areas came to be associated with the regions of Tripoli, Cirta or Algiers, the name was increasingly applied to the arid areas south of Tripolitania. thumb|The Fezzan region (shown in pink), at the beginning of the 19th century After the 1934 formation of Libya, the Fezzan province was designated as one of the three primary provinces of the country, alongside Tripolitania province to the north and Cyrenaica province to the northeast.
==Etymology== In Berber languages, Fezzan (or ifezzan) means "rough rocks". Fezzan could also be a derivation from the region's Greek name Phasania or Phazania, which may mean "the country of the pheasants". There are no true pheasants in Libya, but the Barbary partridge, a similar bird, is common.
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