Sabratha
Sabratha wa Surman was one of the districts of Libya from 1998 to 2007, in the Northwest. Since 2007 the area has been part of Zawiya District. In the north, Sabratha wa Surman had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.- Type: Cove
- Description: former district of Libya
- Also known as: “Marsa Sabrata”, “Marsa Sabratah”, “Marsá Şabrātah”, “Marsa Sabràtha”, and “Sabratha wa Sorman District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Theatre Baths, Sabratha and Forum of Sabratha.
Theatre Baths, Sabratha
Archaeological site
Photo: Hakeem.gadi, GFDL.
Theatre Baths, Sabratha is an archaeological site.
Forum of Sabratha
Archaeological site
Photo: SashaCoachman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forum of Sabratha is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sabratha.
Sabratha
Photo: Houss 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sabratha, in the Zawiya District of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. From 2001 to 2007 it was the capital of the former Sabratha wa Sorman District.
Sabratha
- Categories: human settlement, district of Libya, and body of water
- Location: Zawiya District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Sabratha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شعبية صبراتة و صرمان”
- Arabic: “شعبية صبراتة وصرمان”
- Arabic: “شعبيه صبراته وصرمان”
- Arabic: “صبراتة و صرمان”
- Arabic: “صبراتة”
- Arabic: “محافظة صبراتة وصرمان”
- Basque: “Sabratha Wa Surman”
- Catalan: “Sabrata”
- Dutch: “Sabratha Wa Surman”
- Dutch: “Sabratha”
- French: “Sabratha”
- German: “LY-SS”
- German: “Munizip Sabrata wa-Surman”
- German: “Sabrata wa-Surman”
- German: “Sabratha Wa Surman”
- German: “Sabratha wa-Surman”
- German: “Sabratha”
- Italian: “distretto di Sabrata e Sorman”
- Italian: “Distretto di Sabrata e Sorman”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Sabratha e Sorman”
- Lithuanian: “Sabrata Va Surmano savivaldybė”
- Polish: “Sabrata wa-Surman”
- Polish: “Sabrata”
- Polish: “Sabratah Surman”
- Portuguese: “Sábrata e Sormane”
- Portuguese: “Sábrata”
- Portuguese: “Sabratah Surman”
- Portuguese: “Sabratah”
- Portuguese: “Sabratha Wa Surman”
- Romanian: “Districtul Sabratha Wa Surman”
- Russian: “Сабрафа”
- Swedish: “Sabratha”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Sabratha va Surman”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Сабратҳа ва Сурман”
- Turkish: “Sabratha”
- Volapük: “Sabratä”
- Volapük: “Sabratiän e Surmaniän”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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