Zawiya

Zawiya, officially Zawia, is a city in northwestern , situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about 47 km west of , in the historic region of Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the .
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  • Type: City with 319,000 residents
  • Description: town in Zawiya district, Libya
  • Also known as: “Al Ḩārah”, “Al Zawija”, “Al Zawiyah”, “Al-Sawija”, “Al-Zawia”, “Al-Zawiyah”, “Az Zaŭija”, “Az Zavija”, “Az Zāwiyah”, “Az-Zavija”, “Azzawia”, “El-Hára”, “Ez Zawiyah”, “Ez-Zauia”, “Ez-Zavija”, “Haraf Az Zāwīyah”, “Ḩārat az Zāwiyah”, “Sawija”, “Zaouia”, “Zaouiah”, “Zaouïah”, “Zaouiyah”, “Zavia”, “Zawiya, Libya”, “Zawiyah Libye”, “Zawiyya”, “Аз-Завия”, “Аль-Завия”, “Эль-Завия”, “ეზ-ზავია”, “ზავია”, “الزاویه”, “زاوية”, “زاویه، لیبی”, “مدينة الزاوية”, “مدينة الزاوية ليبيا”, “아즈 자위야”, “아즈자위야”, and “ザウィヤ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Az Zawiya Oil Refining Company.

The Zawia or Zawiya Refinery is an oil refinery…

Zawiya

Latitude
32.7597° or 32° 45′ 35″ north
Longitude
12.7356° or 12° 44′ 8″ east
Population
319,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8F4JQP5P+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 277399530
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2216885
Wiki­data ID
Q221503
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Zawiya” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zawia”
  • Arabic: “الزاوية”
  • Armenian: “Զավիյա”
  • Asturian: “Zawiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zaviyə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zəviyyə”
  • Basque: “Zawiya”
  • Belarusian: “Завія”
  • Belarusian: “Эз-Завія”
  • Bengali: “জাইয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Аз Зауия”
  • Bulgarian: “Зауия”
  • Catalan: “Ez Zauia”
  • Chinese: “扎維耶”
  • Chinese: “扎维耶”
  • Czech: “Závíja”
  • Danish: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Dutch: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الزاويه”
  • Esperanto: “Zaŭija”
  • Finnish: “Al-Zawiya”
  • Finnish: “Zawiya”
  • French: “Zaouïa”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ზავია”
  • German: “al-Sawija”
  • German: “Az-Zawiya”
  • German: “az-Zawiyya”
  • Greek: “Ζαουίγια”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાવિયા”
  • Hausa: “Zawiya, Libya”
  • Hausa: “Zawiya”
  • Hebrew: “א-זאוויה”
  • Hebrew: “א-זאווייה”
  • Hindi: “ज़ाविया”
  • Hungarian: “Závija”
  • Indonesian: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Indonesian: “Ez Zauia”
  • Irish: “Zawiya”
  • Italian: “Zauia”
  • Italian: “Zawiya”
  • Japanese: “ザーウィヤ”
  • Kannada: “ಜವಿಯ”
  • Korean: “앗자위야”
  • Korean: “자위야”
  • Latvian: “Zavija”
  • Lithuanian: “Zavija”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Ez Zauia”
  • Malay: “Zawiya, Libya”
  • Malay: “Zawiya”
  • Marathi: “झाव्हिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zawiya”
  • Persian: “زاویه”
  • Polish: “Az-Zawija”
  • Portuguese: “Zauia”
  • Portuguese: “Zawiyah”
  • Romanian: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Russian: “Эз-Завия”
  • Scots: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Serbian: “Ез Завија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zavija (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zavija”
  • Sinhala: “සවියා”
  • Slovak: “Záwíja”
  • Spanish: “Zauía”
  • Spanish: “Zauiya”
  • Swahili: “Zawiya”
  • Swedish: “az-Zawiya”
  • Swedish: “Az-Zawiya”
  • Tamil: “சாவிய”
  • Telugu: “జావియా”
  • Thai: “ซาวิย่า”
  • Turkish: “Zaviye, Libya”
  • Turkish: “Zawiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Ез-Завія”
  • Urdu: “زاویہ، لیبیا”
  • Urdu: “زاویہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Zawiya, Libya”
  • Vietnamese: “Zawiya”
  • Volapük: “Saviyä”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Az Zawiyah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zawiya, Libya”
  • Yue Chinese: “扎維耶”
  • Zulu: “Zawiya, Libhiya”

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