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Zawiya District

Zawiya, officially Zawia, is one of the districts of Libya. It is located in the north western part of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania.
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  • Type: State with 291,000 residents
  • Description: Coastal city in Libya
  • Also known as: “Al-Zawiya”, “Al-Zawiyah”, “Az Zawiyah”, “Az Zāwiyah”, “Baladīyat az Zāwiyah”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at az Zāwiyah”

Zawiya District

Latitude
32.3787° or 32° 22′ 43″ north
Longitude
12.5215° or 12° 31′ 17″ east
Population
291,000
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
Open location code
8F4J9GHC+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1312442219
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2218972
Wiki­data ID
Q26153
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Zawiya District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الزاوية”
  • Arabic: “الزاوية|”
  • Arabic: “شعبية الزاوية”
  • Arabic: “شعبيه الزاويه”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الزاوية”
  • Basque: “Az Zawiyah udalerria”
  • Basque: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Basque: “Zawiya”
  • Belarusian: “Эз-Завія”
  • Bengali: “যাইয়া জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Zauiya”
  • Cebuano: “Sha‘bīyat az Zāwiyah”
  • Chinese: “扎維耶省”
  • Chinese: “扎维耶区”
  • Chinese: “扎维耶省”
  • Chinese: “札威亞省”
  • Danish: “Zawiya District”
  • Dutch: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شعبيه الزاويه”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto az Zaŭija”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto az Zaŭija”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto az Zavija”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Zaŭija”
  • Finnish: “Zawiyan kaupunginosa”
  • French: “Az Zaouiyah”
  • French: “Zaouïa”
  • Georgian: “ეზ-ზავია”
  • Georgian: “ეზ-ზავიის რაიონი”
  • German: “Az-Zawiya”
  • German: “LY-ZA”
  • German: “Munizip az-Zawiya”
  • Greek: “Ζαγία”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાવિયા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “ज़ाविया जिला”
  • Hungarian: “Závija tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Zawiya”
  • Italian: “distretto di Zawiya”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Zawiya”
  • Italian: “El Zauia”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di al-Zawiya”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Az Zawiyah”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Ez Zauia”
  • Japanese: “ザーウィヤ県”
  • Japanese: “ザウィヤ県”
  • Kannada: “ಝಾವಿಯಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “아즈 자위야 주”
  • Korean: “아즈자위야 주”
  • Korean: “앗자위야 주”
  • Korean: “자위야 주”
  • Korean: “자위야주”
  • Latvian: “Zāvijas šebīja”
  • Lithuanian: “Zavijos savivaldybė”
  • Malay: “Daerah Zawiya”
  • Marathi: “झाविया जिल्हा”
  • Mazanderani: “زاویه اوستان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Az Zawiyah Municipality”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Norwegian: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Persian: “استان زاویه”
  • Polish: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Polish: “Az-Zawija”
  • Portuguese: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Portuguese: “Zauia”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Az Zawiyah”
  • Russian: “Эз-Завия”
  • Scots: “Az Zawiyah Destrict”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zavija (okrug)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zavija”
  • Sinhala: “සවියා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Zauiya”
  • Spanish: “Zauiya”
  • Swedish: “Az Zawiyah”
  • Swedish: “Az-Zawiya”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Аз Завияҳ”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Аз-Зовия”
  • Tamil: “சாவியா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “జావియా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “ซาวิยา”
  • Turkish: “Züvâre”
  • Ukrainian: “Ез-Завія”
  • Urdu: “زاویہ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Zawiya”
  • Volapük: “Saviän”
  • Zulu: “Zawiya District”

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