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Zawiya

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Also known as Az Zawiyah

town in Zawiya district, Libya

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Zawiya is a human settlement in Libya that serves as the capital of Zawiya District. Located near the Mediterranean Sea, the city sits at an elevation of approximately 17 to 21 meters above sea level. It is situated in the Africa/Tripoli time zone, which corresponds to UTC+02:00.

The population of Zawiya is recorded as 198,567 in one dataset and 186,123 in another. The settlement is categorized under the administrative entity of Zawiya District. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 21.76 degrees, with a humidity level of 61 percent and a wind speed of 5.63.

Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
ⵍⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ الزاوية
Region
ⵍⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ شعبية الزاوية
Country
ليبيا
Population
186,123
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

38US AQIGood
PM2.5
7.8 µg/m³
PM10
13.7 µg/m³
As of 2026-09-17 03:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Country
Libya
Region
Tripolitania
District
Zawiya
Elevation
56 ft (17 m)
Total
200,000
Time zone
UTC+2 ( EET )

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Libya
Located in
Zawiya District
Population
198567
Elevation
17
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Mediterranean Sea
Capital of
Zawiya District
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Zawiya, Libya
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Encyclopedic overview

Zawiya /zɑːˈwiːə/, officially Zawia (Arabic: الزاوية, transliteration: Az Zāwiyaẗ, Italian: Zauia or Zavia, variants: Arabic: الزاوية الغربية Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah, Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Al Ḩārah, El-Hára and Haraf Az Zāwīyah), is a city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about 47 km (29 mi) west of Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the Zawiya District.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zawiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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