Wazzin
Wazzin ) is a town in the western Tripolitania region at the western boundary of Libya. It serves as a border crossing to Tunisia. The town is located south-inland from the Mediterranean Sea coast, and is 360 kilometres west of Tripoli.Photo: Hakeem.gadi, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 360 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Wazen”, “Wazin”, “Wazzān”, and “Wāzzin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dehiba.
Dehiba
Town
Dehiba is a town and commune in the east of Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia. It lies some four kilometers west of the border of Libya, itself about the same distance east from the Libyan town of Wazzin. Dehiba is situated 8 km north of Wazzin.
Wazzin
- Categories: human settlement, municipality of Libya, border city, and locality
- Location: Nālūt, Libya, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.94565° or 31° 56′ 44″ northLongitude
10.66979° or 10° 40′ 11″ eastPopulation
360Elevation
419 metres (1,375 feet)Open location code
8F3GWMW9+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1253979845OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2208848Wikidata ID
Q68385
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Wazzin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وازن”
- Belarusian: “Вазін”
- Cebuano: “Wāzin”
- Danish: “Wazzin”
- Dutch: “Wazzin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وازن”
- Esperanto: “Vazin”
- French: “Wazin”
- Georgian: “ვაზინი”
- German: “Wāzin”
- Irish: “Wazzin”
- Italian: “Uazzen”
- Italian: “Wazin”
- Persian: “وازن”
- Polish: “Wazin”
- Polish: “Wazzin”
- Russian: “Вазен”
- Russian: “Вазин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vazin”
- Spanish: “Wazin”
- Spanish: “Wazzin”
- Swedish: “Wazzin”
- Vietnamese: “Wazin”
- Vietnamese: “Wazzin”
- Zulu: “Wazzin”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Municipal Council Wazen and Mosque.
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