Az Zawiyah

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 .
  • Locality with 200,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
  • Also known as
    “Az Zāwiyah al Gherbīyah”
    “Ez Zauia”
    “Zauia”
    “Zavia”
    “Zawia”
    “ⵍⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Az Zawiya Oil Refining Company.
The Zawia or Zawiya Refinery is an oil refinery… is situated 4 km northwest of Az Zawiyah.

Az Zawiyah

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Latitude
32.7571° or 32° 45′ 26″ north
Longitude
12.7276° or 12° 43′ 40″ east
UN/LOCODE
LY ZAW
Open location code
8F4JQP4H+R3
Geo­Names ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Az Zawiyah” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኣዝ ዛዊያህ”
  • Arabic: “الزاوية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Az Zawiya”
  • Bengali: “আজ জাউইয়াহ”
  • French: “Az Zawiyah”
  • German: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Hausa: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Hindi: “अज़ ज़वियाह”
  • Indonesian: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Japanese: “アズ・ザウィヤ”
  • Javanese: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Kazakh: “Әз-Завия”
  • Kirghiz: “Әз-Завия”
  • Malay: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Oromo: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਜ਼ ਜ਼ਾਵਿਆ”
  • Persian: “الزاویه”
  • Portuguese: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Pushto: “الزاویه”
  • Russian: “Эз-Завия”
  • Somali: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Spanish: “Zawiyah”
  • Swahili: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Tajik: “Эз-Завия”
  • Tatar: “Әз-Завия”
  • Turkish: “Ez Zaviye”
  • Urdu: “الزاویہ”
  • Uzbek: “Az Zawiyah”

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