Zawiya Municipality
az-Zawiya - الزاوية | |
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Capital | az-Zawiya |
Residents | 290,993 (as of 2006) |
surface | 2,890 km² |
Population density | 100.69 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates | 32 ° 45 ' N , 12 ° 43' E |
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Az-Zawiya ( Arabic الزاوية, DMG az-Zāwiya , Italian Zauia ) is a municipality that is located in the north-west of Libya . The capital of az-Zawiya is the city of az-Zawiya .
geography
In 2006, 290,993 people lived in the entire area of az-Zawiya on an area of 2,890 km². In the north the municipality borders on the Mediterranean Sea, on land it borders on the following municipalities:
- Municipality of Tripoli in the east
- Al-Jifara Municipality in the southeast
- Munizip al-Jabal al-Gharbi in the south
- Munizip an-Nuqat al-Chams in the west
Administrative history
During the administrative reform in 2007, the eastern part of the dissolved Munizip Sabratha wa-Surman was assigned. Until then, az-Zawiya comprised only 197,177 people (as of 2003) on a total area of 1,520 km².