Murzuq District

Murzuq is a districts of Libya in the south of the country. Its capital is . The city was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1578 and served as the capital of Fezzan off and on until the Ottomans ceded Libya to in 1912.
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  • Type: district of Libya with 78,600 residents
  • Description: district of Libya
  • Also known as: Baladīyat Murzuq”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Murzuq”, and “Sha‘bīyat Murzuq

Murzuq District

Latitude
24.6° or 24° 36′ north
Longitude
15.6° or 15° 36′ east
Population
78,600
Elevation
545 metres (1,788 feet)
Open location code
7FPQHHXX+XX
Geo­Names ID
2214602
Wiki­data ID
Q48239
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Murzuq District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شعبية مرزق
  • Arabic: شعبيه مرزق
  • Arabic: محافظة مرزق
  • Arabic: مرزق
  • Arabic: مرزق|
  • Armenian: Մարզուկ
  • Basque: Murzuq
  • Belarusian: Марзук
  • Belarusian: Муніцыпалітэт Марзук
  • Belarusian: Мурзук
  • Bengali: মারজাক জেলা
  • Bengali: মারজুক জেলা
  • Catalan: Murzuk
  • Cebuano: Murzuq
  • Chinese: 穆尔祖格省
  • Chinese: 穆爾祖格省
  • Chinese: 迈尔祖格省
  • Chinese: 邁爾祖格省
  • Czech: Murzuq
  • Danish: Marzuk
  • Danish: Murzuq District
  • Dutch: Murzuq
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Murzuk
  • Finnish: Murzuq District
  • Finnish: Murzuqin kaupunginosa
  • French: Mourzouq
  • Georgian: მარზუკი
  • Georgian: მარზუკის რაიონი
  • German: LY-MQ
  • German: Munizip Murzuq
  • German: Murzuq
  • Greek: Μαρζούκ
  • Greek: Μουρζούκ
  • Gujarati: મુર્ઝુક જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: मुरज़ूक़ डिस्ट्रिक्ट
  • Hindi: मुर्ज़ुक जिला
  • Hungarian: Murzuk tartomány
  • Indonesian: Distrik Murzuq
  • Italian: distretto di Murzuch
  • Italian: Distretto di Murzuch
  • Italian: Municipalità di Murzuk
  • Italian: Municipalità di Murzuq
  • Italian: Murzuq
  • Japanese: ムルズク県
  • Kannada: ಮರ್ಜುಕ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Kannada: ಮುರ್ಜುಕ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 무르주크주
  • Latvian: Murzūkas šebīja
  • Lithuanian: Murzuko savivaldybė
  • Malay: Daerah Murzuq
  • Malay: Mukim Murzuq
  • Malay: Murzuq District
  • Marathi: मुर्झुक जिल्हा
  • Mazanderani: مرزق اوستان
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Murzuq distrikt
  • Persian: استان مرزق
  • Polish: Marzuk
  • Polish: Murzuk
  • Polish: Murzuq
  • Portuguese: Murzuq
  • Portuguese: Murzuque (distrito)
  • Portuguese: Murzuque
  • Romanian: Districtul Murzuq
  • Russian: Марзук
  • Scots: Murzuq Destrict
  • Serbo-Croatian: Murzuk (okrug)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Murzuk
  • Sinhala: මර්සක් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Slovenian: LY-MQ
  • Slovenian: Murzuq
  • Spanish: Distrito de Murzuk
  • Spanish: Murzuk
  • Spanish: Murzuq
  • Swedish: Murzuq
  • Tajik: Вилояти Мурзуқ
  • Tamil: முரஸுக் மாவட்டம்
  • Tamil: முற்ஸுக் மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: ముర్జుఖ్ జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตเมอซุก
  • Thai: เมืองเมอซุบ
  • Turkish: Merzûk
  • Ukrainian: Марзук
  • Urdu: مرزق ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Murzuq
  • Volapük: Mursukiän
  • Zulu: Murzuq District

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