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Zawiya

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Also known as Az Zawiyah

town in Zawiya district, Libya

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Place details

Locality
ⵍⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ الزاوية
Region
ⵍⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ شعبية الزاوية
Country
ليبيا
Population
186,123
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

57US AQIModerate
PM2.5
20.0 µg/m³
PM10
26.0 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 03:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Country
Libya
Region
Tripolitania
District
Zawiya
Elevation
56 ft (17 m)
Total
200,000
Time zone
UTC+2 ( EET )

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Encyclopedic overview

Zawiya /zɑːˈwiːə/, officially Zawia (Arabic: الزاوية, transliteration: Az Zāwiyaẗ, Italian: Zauia or Zavia, variants: Arabic: الزاوية الغربية Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah, Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Al Ḩārah, El-Hára and Haraf Az Zāwīyah), is a city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about 47 km (29 mi) west of Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the Zawiya District.

Overview

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zawiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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