Zwila
Sign in to saveZawila (also spelled Zuila, Zweila, Zwila, Zawilah, Zuwayla or Zuweila) is a village in southwestern Libya. During the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Fezzan region.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zwila
- Settlement.other_name
- Zuila, Zweila
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Libya
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Libya
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Fezzan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Murzuq
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,018
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
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Zawila (also spelled Zuila, Zweila, Zwila, Zawilah, Zuwayla or Zuweila) is a village in southwestern Libya. During the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Fezzan region.
When Uqba ibn Nafi passed through the area in 46 A.H. (666/67 CE), there was no city there. Zawila was settled probably in the early 8th century. It very quickly became the chief town of the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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