Key facts
- Country
- Libya
- Capital
- Zawiya
- Total
- 2,890 km (1,120 sq mi)
- Density
- 101/km (261/sq mi)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Libya
- Country
- Libya
- Located in
- Libya
- Capital
- Zawiya
- Image
- Basilica Ruins, Sabratha (5283376582).jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Zawiya District
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Encyclopedic overview
Zawiya, officially Zawia (Arabic: محافظة الزاوية Az Zāwiya), 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. Its capital is also named Zawia. the province of Az Zawiya has three major municipalities; according to the new laws of local governance, includes Central Az Zawiya municipality, Southern Az Zawia municipality and Eastern Az zawiya municipality. In the north, Zawiya province has a shoreline bordering the Mediterranean Sea, while it borders Tripoli in east, Jafara in southeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south, Surman in the west.
Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per sq. km.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zawiya District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.