Zintan

Zintan (, meaning "small castles") is a city in northwestern Libya, situated roughly southwest of Tripoli, in the Nafusa Mountains area. The city and its surrounding area have a population of 16,024.

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Place details

Locality: ⴰⵜ ⵄⵉⵙⴰ اولاد عيسي
Region: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⵏⴼⵓⵙⵏ جبل نفوسة
Country: ليبيا
Population: 33,000
Timezone: Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Zintan
Settlement.native_name: Zintan /
Settlement.image_skyline: الزنتان.jpg
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Libya
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Libya
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tripolitania
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jabal al Gharbi
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 16024
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Demonym
Settlement.population_blank1: Zintani
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.registration_plate_type: License Plate Code

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Wikidata facts

Population: 25000

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Zintan (, meaning "small castles") is a city in northwestern Libya, situated roughly southwest of Tripoli, in the Nafusa Mountains area. The city and its surrounding area have a population of 16,024.

== History == The Roman garrison town of Tentheos was on the Nafusa mountain range in the hinterland of the Limes Tripolitanus, near the border.